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Library Game Show
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Classification
  • What is the name of the classification system used at your school?
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Classification



  • Dewey Decimal Classification
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Locating animal books
  • What Dewey Decimal classification would you show fellow students to locate books on animal behavior?
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Locating Animal Books



  • 500s
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Encyclopedias
  • In looking for the encyclopedias, what Dewey Decimal Classification number would  you look for?
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Encyclopedias



  • 000s
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Employment Outlook
  • According to Employment Outlook, Over 59,000 new or replacement jobs will be  available in librarianship in the near future.
  • True or False
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Employment Outlook
  •   Yes, in just two short years, there will be many job openings in libraries.
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History

  • Where do you find history materials in the Dewey Decimal Classification?
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History



  • 900s
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Poetry

  • You’re looking for a poetry book. In the DDC where do you look?
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Poetry

  • 800s
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Retirement
  • In a recent study, 25% of current library directors will retire by 2009.
  • True or false?
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Retirement

  • True
  • Yes, many librarians will be retiring.
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Online searching
  • Librarians who do most of their research and information retrieval via the Internet and other online services have been called…
  • a reference librarian,
  • systems librarian, or
  • cyberlibrarian?
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 Online searching
  • Cybrarian, shortened
  • It actually could be any of these titles. Librarians are information specialists.
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Magazine article
  • When you need current info from a magazine article where do you look?
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Magazine article


  • EBSCOhost OR Readers’ Guide
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Computers

  • Most library jobs do NOT use computers.
  • True or false?
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Computers
  • False
  • Most library jobs DO use computers everyday and sometimes exclusively.
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Sports
  • I’m looking for info on the golfer Tiger Woods.
  • Where would I look in the library?
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Sports

  • Biographies,
  • sports,
  • 700s OR
  • magazines
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Mythology


  • Under what DDC would I look for books on mythology?
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Mythology



  • 200s
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Education
  • To be a librarian you need what kind of degree—bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate?
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Education


  • Master’s degree
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Top 10
  • In a recently published article, a library media specialist listed the top ten reasons to be a librarian. Was “cool coworkers” one of the top five reasons to be a librarian?
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Top 10
  • Yes, Martha Spear wrote that librarians are “intelligent, cultured, well-read people who bring a myriad of skills, backgrounds, and interests to the job.”
        • American Libraries, March 2004
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Dewey

  • What was Dewey’s first name—Thomas, Melvil or Dewey?
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Dewey
  • Melvil Dewey -- founded Columbia Univ. library and directed NY State Library from 1889-1906.
  • Thomas Dewey ran for president in 1944 and 1948.
  • Dewey Duck – Cartoon Character
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Tie-breaker
  • To look for books on technology, where would you look in the Dewey Decimal Classification System?
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Tie-breaker

  • 600s OR
  • 000s
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Tie-breaker
  • For books on the Spanish language I would look in what DDC area?
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Tie-Breaker

  • 400s