Comments on: October and November Searches

By: Really likes Batman Better

Really likes Batman Better — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:05:55 +0000

At least it was not “Charley Brown and Snoopy having sex” – maybe that will be next month?

Or could it be the favorite steak house / family restaurant of my elderly family members (Charlie Brown’s) has a secret back room for raves / doing the horizontal mambo?

By: John Bishop

John Bishop — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:53:24 +0000

Charley Brown is the name he uses as a disguise when signing in at cheap motels with hookers.

Nobody said he was very smart!

By: Conor E

Conor E — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:30:01 +0000

“Charley Brown having sex”

That IS just wrong! I mean, isn’t it spelled Charlie Brown?

By: Kate the Short

Kate the Short — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:41:19 +0000

Yeah, it’d absolutely go in 741.5′973. 700s for the arts (it’s drawn stuff, not literature in the classic sense), 741.5 for comics, and 741.5973 for American comics. (Manga would typically go in 741.5952 if it’s Japanese, Korean manhwa would be in another number, etc.)

As for getting them to stock more comics, most libraries have a comment or suggestion box. Our local library posts the comments with responses once or twice a month. It’s cool to see what people suggest or compliment or whine about. But many ask “Can you buy a copy of X?” and the answer is usually a resounding yes. They figure if someone cares enough to write down the request, it’s going to be worth buying, since it should actually circulate at least once…

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:05:57 +0000

Great! Now if I can just get my library to stock more graphic novels (though they are getting better).

By: Terrie

Terrie — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:52:33 +0000

I looked it up on Worldcat. Batman: The Long Halloween gets 741.5/973 under DD.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:35:12 +0000

Juho,
You’re right; what they’re looking for is fairly clear. What I’d like to know is what the answer is.

By: Juho Salo

Juho Salo — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:25:07 +0000

“Where does Batman the Long Halloween go in the Dewey decimal system?”

Isn’t this pretty self-explanatory? Someone is wondering where in the Library he should go to find/put Long Halloween to. Or then he has a school assingment where he has to give Dewey-numbers to five books he owns or something, and thought Google would be a good way to cheat.

I would give it value 813, but I’m not American and I checked the answer from Wikipedia (Articles “Dewey Decimal System” and “List of Dewey Decimal classes”). As I said, the answer is 813, which is for; Literature>American Literature in English>Fiction. I might be wrong.