Find Inspiration at Your Fingertips; Browse by Topic with New Nonfiction Arrangement
Fitness centers and home gyms will be humming in the coming weeks as we vow to get in shape this year, or maintain our current regimen.
Consider Hoopla as another source of inspiration. That’s the digital media service you can access with your library card to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, e-books, comics and TV shows on your computer or mobile device. Start by going to thelibrary.org/digital.
Here are some e-books and audiobooks for the health-conscious: “Brain Food” by Lisa Mosconi; A Plant-based Life” by Micaela Cook Karlsen; “How to Be Well” and “The New Health Rules” by Dr. Frank Lipman; and “The Bulletproof Diet” by Dave Asprey.
Exhausted from the holidays? Here’s one for 2019: “This Is Why You’re Sick and Tired (And How to Look and Feel Amazing)” by Jackie Warner. If that one works out for you, let the rest of us know!
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No matter how much we plan to roll out new services, we occasionally have to tweak some things. In this case, we’re tweaking signage to help you learn the new way we shelve nonfiction books and audiovisuals in most of the branches.
We’re converting the nonfiction sections so that similar topics, such as shade plants, flowering trees and landscaping, are shelved in the same section and labeled with an overhead sign, “Gardening and Landscaping.”
That’s a departure from the traditional Dewey Decimal system of numbers/letters, which often places related topics far apart. Under the new system, the items within a section remain shelved in order by their Dewey number. Many libraries have adopted this method to accommodate both Dewey users and casual browsers who prefer “shopping” for related topics without searching different aisles.
As we tweak our signage to help you navigate the new system, here’s a helpful tip: If you’re searching the catalog for a nonfiction title, use the word under “Section” as your first guide, then “Call #.” Next, look for the overhead section signs, then follow the Dewey numbers. Together, they’ll lead you to your item. As always, please feel free to ask a librarian for help.
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