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1coventryp
I was cataloging a book of short stories about real life women innovators. I placed it in the short story collection, but was wondering what other librarians think. I was told it was non-fiction and therefore didn't belong in the collection. I work at a high school library. Any input would be appreciated.
3MarthaJeanne
It would really help if you told us what book this is.
4coventryp
The title is Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History. But the question was more about whether a short story collection has to be strictly fictional short stories.
5MarthaJeanne
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
If you look at the tags here, nobody has tagged it 'Short Stories'.
If you look at the LoC Subjects https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=GKEY%7C*&searchType=0&re...
They have not included Short Stories.
Wikipedia defines short stories as prose fiction that can be read in one sitting.
Britannica, Cliffs Notes and several dictionaries concur.
The chapters of this book are short prose, but are not fiction.
If you look at the tags here, nobody has tagged it 'Short Stories'.
If you look at the LoC Subjects https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=GKEY%7C*&searchType=0&re...
They have not included Short Stories.
Wikipedia defines short stories as prose fiction that can be read in one sitting.
Britannica, Cliffs Notes and several dictionaries concur.
The chapters of this book are short prose, but are not fiction.
6lilithcat
>4 coventryp:
Short stories are, by definition, fictional.
What you have there are short biographies. It's non-fiction.
Short stories are, by definition, fictional.
What you have there are short biographies. It's non-fiction.
7coventryp
Thanks everyone for the input. I guess it is just how my brain works. Stories can either be fictional or non and short just describes their length, but you can't argue with the dictionary!
8RowanTribe
Think about it this way; in general, cataloging deals with CONTENT, not FORMAT.
So Persepolis and Maus are both nonfiction/biographies, while Rapunzel's Revenge and Mousegard are fiction - despite all being graphic novel/comic format.
Same with picture books, large print, or audiobooks.
With "short stories" - the format you're thinking about is a "themed collection of short narratives," but that format can be fiction or nonfiction or biographical, and should be cataloged as such.
So Persepolis and Maus are both nonfiction/biographies, while Rapunzel's Revenge and Mousegard are fiction - despite all being graphic novel/comic format.
Same with picture books, large print, or audiobooks.
With "short stories" - the format you're thinking about is a "themed collection of short narratives," but that format can be fiction or nonfiction or biographical, and should be cataloged as such.