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	<title>International Science Fiction Reshelving Day &#187; Concerns</title>
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		<title>Noninvasive Alternatives to Reshelving Books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of people have commented that this project may cause bookstore workers undue hardship by forcing them to put the moved books back.  I suppose there is some truth to this.  Given that the books are clearly marked by the bookmarks, I am not sure how arduous their task would be, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A number of people have commented that this project may cause bookstore workers undue hardship by forcing them to put the moved books back.  I suppose there is some truth to this.  Given that the books are clearly marked by the bookmarks, I am not sure how arduous their task would be, but I concede the point.  We would rather have people help out in a way they are comfortable with than not help at all.</p>
<p>As I <a href="http://isfrd.org/prior-art-the-ministry-of-reshelving/">wrote a couple of days ago</a>, there was (is?) another reshelving project called the Ministry of Reshelving.  They also addressed this concern, and we paraphrase (i.e. steal) their suggestions here:</p>
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<li>Talk to the bookstore manager about the problem.  Feel free to point them to this web site.  Be polite and explain why they should be considered SF.  You never know; it might work.</li>
<li>Use one of the alternative bookmarks that we will make available (today, I hope).  These just point out that the books belong in SF, but you leave them where they are.  No work for the employees, but the end consumers still get the message.</li>
<li>Move the books, take a picture of them where they belong, and then move them back.  You can use the picture to promote the correct shelving (send us a link, please!), which not causing anyone distress (except maybe Margaret Atwood).</li>
<li>Create a notecard (maybe we&#8217;ll do this for you, too) for the SF section explaining that the book (fill in the name) may be misshelved under &#8220;Fiction and Literature&#8221; and apologizing for the inconvenience.  Place the card in the SF section where the book should be.</li>
<li>Help put away some of the many books left out by other customers and <em>then</em> do our dirty work.  It makes it more of a net wash.</li>
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<p>I hope this helps people who agree with our complaint but want a less Calvin-and-Hobbesy solution to the problem.</p>
<p>Other suggestions are welcome.</p>
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