Cataloguing

Fiction Subject headings at olmclibrary are designed to follow the Year 7 and 8 reading programme as well as the broader curriuclum.

Australian Stories Crime Stories Horror Stories School Stories Love Stories Fantasy Historical Fiction Mystery and suspense War Stories Short Stories Verse Novels

The fiction collection is divided into two categories, Junior Fiction and Fiction.

Junior fiction titles are those deemed to be readable by any member of the community and are the titles most commonly promoted through the Reading program. These are the titles that are written for a junior reader and are less controversial in content. Fiction includes titles with more adult themes. Whilst younger readers will not be stopped from borrowing these titles, the classification allows teachers and librarians to exercise their judgement when assessing the suitability of the title for the reader.

Junior Fiction are designated with JF on the spine label. Previous practice was for these spine labels to be blue Senior Fiction are designated FIC on the spine label.

Premiers Reading Challenge titles have Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge as a subject heading and a sticker on the spine indicating PRC.

Novels also have a genre sticker on the spine. This is chosen using the SCIS cataloguing data and blurb information if the book has not been read. The teacher librarians will allocate the genre in the acquistion phase.