One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections

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Autori principali: Kaplan, Tali Balas, Giffard, Sue, Still-Schiff, Jennifer, Dolloff, Andrea K.
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author Kaplan, Tali Balas
Giffard, Sue
Still-Schiff, Jennifer
Dolloff, Andrea K.
author_facet Kaplan, Tali Balas
Giffard, Sue
Still-Schiff, Jennifer
Dolloff, Andrea K.
Kaplan, Tali Balas
Giffard, Sue
Still-Schiff, Jennifer
Dolloff, Andrea K.
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contents One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections Kaplan, Tali Balas Giffard, Sue Still-Schiff, Jennifer Dolloff, Andrea K. Developmentally Appropriate Practices Classification Childrens Literature School Libraries Library Materials Library Services Library Development Elementary School Students Access to Information Systems Development Usability Standards Librarians This article is presented by four librarians who have come together as a creative team at Ethical Culture School in New York City. As elementary school librarians, their goal is to develop and support curriculum where children's developmental needs are given central importance. By putting the thinking, interests, information needs, and the information-seeking behavior of children first, they aim to eliminate the barriers that young users face in accessing and using their collections to their fullest potential. In this article, the authors describe Metis, an alternative they created to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Their goal was to encourage productive independent browsing by children as well as allow for successful catalog searching by elementary students, thereby helping to keep libraries relevant in today's ever-changing technological world. They conclude that when a system is easy to understand, as Metis is, students learn how to categorize topics and navigate the system; this ability to categorize is an invaluable skill that they will apply to countless future situations.
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spellingShingle One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections
Kaplan, Tali Balas
Giffard, Sue
Still-Schiff, Jennifer
Dolloff, Andrea K.
Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Classification
Childrens Literature
School Libraries
Library Materials
Library Services
Library Development
Elementary School Students
Access to Information
Systems Development
Usability
Standards
Librarians
One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections Kaplan, Tali Balas Giffard, Sue Still-Schiff, Jennifer Dolloff, Andrea K. Developmentally Appropriate Practices Classification Childrens Literature School Libraries Library Materials Library Services Library Development Elementary School Students Access to Information Systems Development Usability Standards Librarians This article is presented by four librarians who have come together as a creative team at Ethical Culture School in New York City. As elementary school librarians, their goal is to develop and support curriculum where children's developmental needs are given central importance. By putting the thinking, interests, information needs, and the information-seeking behavior of children first, they aim to eliminate the barriers that young users face in accessing and using their collections to their fullest potential. In this article, the authors describe Metis, an alternative they created to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Their goal was to encourage productive independent browsing by children as well as allow for successful catalog searching by elementary students, thereby helping to keep libraries relevant in today's ever-changing technological world. They conclude that when a system is easy to understand, as Metis is, students learn how to categorize topics and navigate the system; this ability to categorize is an invaluable skill that they will apply to countless future situations.
title One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections
topic Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Classification
Childrens Literature
School Libraries
Library Materials
Library Services
Library Development
Elementary School Students
Access to Information
Systems Development
Usability
Standards
Librarians
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1040166