Hi James from Alpena County Library. We are implementing a system called the browse method for JNF. Part of my job is moving all the dewey books to this new system. It uses 4 digits from 0000 - 9999 and then it is color coded into major categories: Gray = General Information (i.e Guinness World Records) // Library & Information Sciences Teal = Philosophy // Body & Soul (i.e. spirituality, wican, tarot) // Religion // Bibles // Death & Dying // Psychology // Self-Improvement // Family & Relationships // Fashion & Beauty // Health & Fitness // Medical Conditions (i.e. cancer, palsy, arthritis, flu, not anatomy) // Parenting Resources Yellow = Cooking // Entertaining (i.e. etiquette, weddings, party planning) // Home Design (not architecture) // Antiques & Collectibles // Gardening // Pets // Crafts & Hobbies // Pink (Rose) = Photography // Art // Design // Architecture // Language Arts (i.e. alphabet and writing) // Literary Criticism // Poetry // Drama (i.e. Shakespear) // Literary Collections Blue = Humor (i.e. joke books) // Games (card, board, and video) // Magic (tricks, magicians like Houdini) // Performing Arts (celebrities, movies, tv shows) // Music // Sports Orange = Education // Study Aids // College Planning // Careers // Business // Economics // Personal Finance // Computers (includes coding) // Technology Green (Biggest section by far) = Engineering // Mathematics // Science // Agriculture // Nature // Sustainable Living // Medicine (i.e human anatomy, specialities) // Transportation Lavender = Travel // Foreign Language (learning and ESL, not written non-english) // Social Sciences (cultural fairy and folk tales in this section) // Genealogy // Political Science // Law // True Crime // Biographies Purple = Military History // Geography // World History // US History These main categories are divided into subcategories, and even sub-subcategories which would still be under the number of the sub. So spine labels are from top - number, main category, sub or sub-sub, author. So the book* "The Great Lakes, our Freshwater Treasure" *by Barb Rosenstock would have a call # - 6954 (number) J NATURE (main) GREAT LAKES (sub) ROSE (author last name first 4). Hope this gives you a good idea of what the breakdown is. Some categories are used a lot like Nature, and others I have no books in like Genealogy. Thank you On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM Laura Orlowski via Michlib-l < michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
Hi all;
If your library has created a simplified Dewey system or other simple cataloging for Juvenile Non-Fiction, I would love to hear about your system. Do you go by basic categories, such as Fairy Tales, Sports, Animals, etc? Do you use any Dewey numbers and if so, how simplified are those numbers? Do you use stickers to categorize books in Juvenile non-fiction?
Any info - pro or con - would be greatly appreciated. I will gladly post a compiled list of the answers.
Thanks, -Laura Orlowski, Library Director Jonesville District Library 517-849-9701 info@jonesvilledistrictlibrary.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org
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