Genre fiction classification: a study of the Durham County Library
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Richard, Amy J.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- This study assesses the impact that the separation of the fiction collection into genre categories has on fiction users at the Durham County Library (DCL) Main Branch. Grouping fiction by genre has been shown to increase and facilitate browsing in public libraries by decreasing information overload. Fiction users also have been shown to generally respond favorably to the implementation of a genre fiction classification system, and circulation has been shown to increase after implementation. Results show that a majority of DCL Main Branch fiction users primarily select fiction by browsing and use various informal selection methods when browsing; the majority of fiction users feel the genre fiction classification system is an improvement on the previous alphabetical system; and circulation did not increase due to the genre fiction classification system.
- Date of publication
- July 1999
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- Advisor
- Saye, Jerry D.
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Extent
- 40 p.
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- December 10, 2010
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