created by Linda Reilly
Plymouth Community Intermediate School Library
If you do not have and budget to engage trainer to teach your students, this will be a good source for you to plan your lessons.
With the help of this organised source, your students will learn a lot from you and they will in return, contribute more and make your library an organised and attractive learning hub!
Are your students more likely to doze off than be dazzled by Dewey decimal skills?
Don't despair, there are indeed engaging ways to teach kids how to use this century-old classification system to accurately and efficiently find library materials.
Click the following link to read the full text of the article:
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA332698.html
Plucking the fruits of DDC is not difficult, if you are attentive enough.
If you like to have some one guiding your school librarians, just email
Dexterine Ho at
dexterine@yahoo.com
or
smho@e.ntu.edu.sg
You may like to visit:
List of schools with in-house workshops conducted by Dexterine Ho via INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/06/list-of-schools-with-in-house-workshops.html
Courses from INNO HANDS-ON
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.com/
For course related to DDC, you may browse this blog or email her for other courses available.
If you have any special themes and requirements, Dexterine Ho will be glad to help you to plan and conduct a workshop that meets the special needs!
Cheers!
DDC 22, the four-volume unabridged edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, reflects the many changes to the body of human knowledge that have occurred since DDC 21 was published in 1996.
Published in mid-2003, DDC 22 includes helpful tools that make the classification easier to use.
You can download PDF versions of DDC 22 highlights, including an introduction, a glossary and a list of new features.
Each of these tools will help you better understand how the DDC organizes knowledge into a classification that is useful to library users worldwide.
The DDC 22 Introduction (37 pages, 258K), a full reprint from volume 1 of DDC 22, provides a detailed overview of the DDC, including basic terminology and an explanation of DDC structure, complete with many helpful examples.
If you are new to classifying with Dewey, this introduction will help you get started quickly.
The Glossary (9 pages, 74K), also reprinted from volume 1 of DDC 22, provides helpful definitions of DDC terms and gives users a common language for implementing the DDC.
New Features (20 pages, 143K), another reprint from volume 1 of DDC 22, concisely describes what’s new in DDC 22, including changes implemented to enhance classifier productivity and a selected list of specific changes to DDC numbers. Look here if you want to quickly assess the changes from DDC 22 that you can apply to your collections.
The answer will appear below when you put the mouse over Dewey's different body parts.
http://www.patmillerbooks.com/kids.html
| Learn about the Dewey Decimal system in a website designed by 6th graders...They are going to tell you how to remember what each of the Dewey hundreds represent. http://http//library.thinkquest.org/5002/Alien/alien.htm |
| When you have finished this Quest you will know more about the Dewey Decimal System. Remember to try a Dewey-related game to test your knowledge. |
| File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint Dewey Decimal System: This seems like a lot to remember, but don’t worry you’ll learn it all quickly. http://www.floyd.k12.va.us/itrt/pwrpnts/library%20science/DeweyDecimal.ppt |
WebDewey includes:
Using WebDewey: An OCLC Tutorial at
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tutorial/
to learn how WebDewey works
For libraries with collections of 20,000 titles or fewer, the abridged edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system provides the level of detail needed to classify the materials in those collections.
Abridged Edition 14, published in early 2004, reflects the many changes to the body of human knowledge that have occurred since Abridged Edition 13 was published in 1997.
Packaged in one convenient, affordable print volume, the abridged DDC provides Dewey numbers that are compatible with the unabridged edition should a library’s collection expand and require deeper classification detail.
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