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BISAC
A New Way to Organize with the Patron in Mind
Deb Hoadley, AdvisorMassachusetts Library [email protected]
866-627-7228 ext 309 (toll free in MA)508-357-2121 ext 309
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BISAC Categories (Book Industry Subject and Category Codes)
• ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES• ARCHITECTURE• ART• BIBLES• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS• COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS• COMPUTERS• COOKING• CRAFTS & HOBBIES• DESIGN*• DRAMA• EDUCATION• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS• FICTION• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY• GAMES• GARDENING• HEALTH & FITNESS• HISTORY• HOUSE & HOME• HUMOR• JUVENILE FICTION• JUVENILE NONFICTION
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES• LAW• LITERARY COLLECTIONS• LITERARY CRITICISM• MATHEMATICS• MEDICAL• MUSIC• NATURE• PERFORMING ARTS• PETS• PHILOSOPHY• PHOTOGRAPHY• POETRY• POLITICAL SCIENCE• PSYCHOLOGY• REFERENCE• RELIGION• SCIENCE• SELF-HELP• SOCIAL SCIENCE• SPORTS & RECREATION• STUDY AIDS• TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING• TRANSPORTATION• TRAVEL• TRUE CRIME
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• From the BISAC “bible”
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Record and label changes
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Motivation & Innovation
Browsability Searchability Items are placed together by category based
on a language system, not numerical system Collection development will be easier Customer satisfaction Staff time will be used for more patron
interaction & reader’s advisory
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Final Layout
Justification• Statistical data to support • Patrons love the new
layout of the library• Patrons love the ability to
look at the sections and find what they are looking for
• Shelving is easier• No conflict with
consortium/just a change in local call number
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Information
Webinar by National Book Network http://pdfs.nbnbooks.com/BI/SAC/BISACWebinar.pdf
Book Industry Standard Group http://www.bisg.org/ Book publishers are putting categories on backs of
books http://waltshiel.com/2009/09/14/to-bisac-or-not-to-bisac/
http://www.slideshare.net/DHoadley_Langley/bisac-a-new-way-to-organize-with-the-patron-in-mind
http://guides.masslibsystem.org/BeyondDewey
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