Slide presentation given at the American Library Association conference 2012.

1. I WANT A ____ BOOK!
How thinking like a kid
transformed our library

4. Sandbox play at Ethical Culture School

6. Jump over hurdles?

7. Jump over hurdles?
spell “guinea pig”
type it correctly
choose a book find # in
write down
decimal
636.93234
order on
shelf

8. Or...

9. Or...

11. Flexible

12. Flexible
-collection to collection

13. Flexible
-collection to collection
-level to level

14. Flexible
-collection to collection
-level to level
-year to year

15. Child-friendly

16. Child-friendly
-Simple

17. Child-friendly
-Simple
-Visual

18. Child-friendly
-Simple
-Visual
-Intuitive

24. Core Ideas

25. Core Ideas
-Minimal Coding

26. Core Ideas
-Minimal Coding
-Visual

27. Core Ideas
-Minimal Coding
-Visual
-Whole Language

28. Core Ideas
-Minimal Coding
-Visual
-Whole Language
-Alphabetical

29. Main Categories
A. Facts/Concepts I. Sports
B. Machines J. Ourselves
C. Science K. Community
D. Nature L. USA (Then & Now)
E. Animals M. Countries (Then & Now)
F. Pets N. Languages
G. Making Stuff O. Traditions
H. Arts/Arts and Crafts P. Tales

30. Pic of spines

43. *S
MYSTERY
SPIES

44. *S
MYSTERY
SPIES

45. *S
MYSTERY
SPIES

51. Truck Hierarchy
600 Technology
620 Engineering
629 Other branches of engineering
629.2 Motor land vehicles
629.22 Types of vehicles
629.224 Trucks

52. B. MACHINES
This category contains books about technology of various kinds.
Simple machines go at the beginning of the sequence.
Grades PreK - 2 Grades 3-5
•B AIR *B MACHINES BUILDING
•B BOATS *B MACHINES COMPUTERS
•B BUILDINGS *B MACHINES ELECTRICITY
•B CARS *B MACHINES INVENTIONS
•B COMPUTERS *B MACHINES MILITARY
•B ELECTRICITY *B MACHINES PRINTING
•B MILITARY *B MACHINES ROBOTS
•B MOTORCYCLES *B MACHINES TRANSPORT
•B ROBOTS *B MACHINES TRANSPORT AIR
•B TRAINS *B MACHINES TRANSPORT BOATS
*B MACHINES TRANSPORT CARS
*B MACHINES TRANSPORT MOTORCYC
*B MACHINES TRANSPORT SUBWAYS
*B MACHINES TRANSPORT TRAINS

53. truck spines

54. Working over summer

55. Zen shelving pic

56. Contact us at
iwantmetis@gmail.com
www.metisinnovations.com
special thanks to Jon Fackrell whose ALA Joomla course made this website possible

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