by Beth Cronk, Litchfield head librarian
The next time you come in looking for our nonfiction DVDs,
you might be surprised to find them missing from the DVD shelf. This is because we are now shelving them with
the nonfiction books.
Because we are running out of room, we are going to be
rearranging some of the sections in the children’s department, and one of the
changes is going to involve moving the children’s DVDs over to the movie shelf
on the adult side of the library. We
will still keep them separate so that it’s easy for little ones to browse
DVDs. You can also tell that a DVD is
rated G or intended for a very young audience by a pink dot sticker we put on the
spine.
In order to create space for the children’s DVDs, we needed
to move the documentaries. I’ve also
heard that shelving nonfiction DVDs with books on the same topic actually helps
people find what they’re looking for. Maybe you wouldn’t think to look in the DVDs
when you’re planning a trip to Europe, but if you found a related DVD while
looking in the travel books, you might want to borrow it. So we will give this a try.
Brand-new nonfiction DVDs will still be featured next to the
other new DVDs.
So what are some of the recent documentaries we have at the
library? One is Antarctica: A Year on Ice. This New Zealand film shows what
it’s like for research teams to live year-round in the most severe environment
on earth. When this DVD is no longer
new, it will be shelved with books on Antarctica in the 998 section.
He Named Me Malala tells the story of Pakistani schoolgirl
Malala Yousafzai. This documentary tells
about the events that led up to the Taliban’s attack on her at age fifteen and
her activist work for children’s rights afterward, leading to a speech to the
United Nations and her Nobel Peace Prize.
Once this movie is no longer on the shelf of new DVDs, it will be
shelved next to her book I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban in the 371 section.
The new film Amy is nominated for the Best Documentary
Oscar this year. This is the story of
the late Amy Winehouse, featuring previously unseen footage of the musician and
previously unheard songs. Amy won five
Grammys for her album Back to Black and died in 2011 at the age of 27. When this movie isn’t brand-new, it will be
shelved in the 782 section with books on vocal music, including biographies of singers.
The Drop Box is a documentary that shows the work of
Pastor Jong-rak Lee in Seoul, South Korea.
His church has a “baby box” where mothers can anonymously leave babies
they don’t want or can’t care for. His
work began when he found an abandoned infant on the steps of his church, and he
created this ministry to meet a need in a city where hundreds of babies are
abandoned on the street every year, especially those who are disabled or born
to single mothers. When this movie is no
longer new, it will be in the 305 section with books on babies and
children.
I hope that this new system will allow you to find more of
what you’re looking for. If you have any
trouble, please ask a staff member and we’ll be happy to guide you to the right
place.
