Attention all adult readers, don’t be alarmed when you’re able to re-enter the building and you can’t find your favorite genre/author. Now all books in the Romance, General Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Inspirational Fiction, and Science Fiction/Fantasy genres will be shelved together alphabetically by author last name.
While it may look like we’ve made a giant mish-mash of
genres, we think you’ll not only have an easier time finding ALL of the books
by your favorite authors, you might find some new favorites too (don’t worry
shelf browsers, spine labels will still list genres for guidance).
You’re probably wondering, why the heck did we do this? The old system was working fine! <fist shaking>
Well…it was and it wasn’t. As you all may know, our amazing little library has a shelf space issue (shhhh! She’s sensitive about it) and our genres were having some growing pains. Romance had a ton of room to grow while Suspense was consistently bursting at the seams, Mystery was getting mad that Suspense was stealing half of her good titles, Science Fiction/Fantasy just wanted to be in the mix somewhere instead of on the outskirts, and everybody was mad that DVDs took up all the prime shelving in the middle!
Plus prolific authors are branching out across genres or publishing titles encompassing more than one genre more so than ever before. Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb) has books in Romance, General Fiction, Mystery, and Science Fiction/Fantasy; David Rosenfelt’s books encompass both Mystery and Suspense, and James Patterson has books in every single genre we carry (including children’s, tweens, and teens!)
So we thought we’d tackle both issues head on and blend our genres while continuing to keep DVDs + TV (now found side by side), Large Print, and Westerns separate.
So when you return, please give our new shelving system a chance and remember that staff are always available to point you in the right direction or answer any questions you might have!
~Amy Hille, Library Assistant
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