They belong to the people of this community. I have used the following lines on my actual coworkers before when they screamed at me or freaked out at my “cray ideas.': They will act like changing the way will shelve books will physically harm them. Now sarcasm aside, I also know that many library employees will react poorly to this suggestion. So, then we need to actually put the books out in a way that helps them to find what they want. We want to show them that we care about their experience. We want people to enjoy browsing the library for their next good read. Sometimes it is not the best way to organize our materials. Yes we are obsessed with alpha order in libraries, but here’s a shocking news alert. Look I know we shelve books in alphabetical order to make them easier to find and it’s what we do, but series are almost always read in order. Who reads a series in alphabetical order?!?! NO ONE! Here it is: Stop shelving our series in alphabetical order. But, it is kinda of an annoying amount of work. The Call to Action is back, and while today’s is not as serious an issue as some of the others in this series, it is a huge pet peeve of mine and one that will greatly improve your service to leisure readers.
