{"id":3283,"date":"2013-02-28T07:55:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2013-02-26T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:35:11","slug":"think-about-what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/think-about-what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Think about what we do"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my library news streams was an article : Oakmont Regional High librarian eyes ditching Dewey Decimal System for new classification – Sentinel & Enterprise<\/a>.\u00a0 The librarian at Oakmont points out that the Dewey Decimal system isn’t giving the right message to the kids.\u00a0 Examples:\u00a0 Homer’s ILLiad in nonfiction and books on homosexuality next to those on incest and prostitution.\u00a0 I had never thought about it before and am surprised at myself.\u00a0 Also impressed when people don’t simply accept something because it is custom, traditional, or whatever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my library news streams was an article : Oakmont Regional High librarian eyes ditching Dewey Decimal System for new classification – Sentinel & Enterprise.\u00a0 The librarian at Oakmont points out that the Dewey Decimal system isn’t giving the right message to the kids.\u00a0 Examples:\u00a0 Homer’s ILLiad in nonfiction and books on homosexuality next to… Continue reading Think about what we do<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[73,178],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-librarians","tag-ranting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1688,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/11\/17\/super-librarian\/","url_meta":{"origin":3283,"position":0},"title":"super librarian","author":"leems","date":"November 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Shamelessly cliche.\u00a0 I know, but I had to do it.","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SuperLibrarian.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5026,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/02\/15\/librarature-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":3283,"position":1},"title":"Librarature roundup","author":"leems","date":"February 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am thoroughly wrapped up in copyright law studies and enjoying it, yes, but also feeling like I am falling behind on other bits of professional news.\u00a0 I do not want these to get buried: Librarian as Poet\/ Poet as Librarian by Erin Dorney - introduces some poet librarians and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7257,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/librarian-comic-round-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":3283,"position":2},"title":"Librarian comic round up","author":"leems","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, so I've noticed that comic postings can sometimes get buried and not be obvious. 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