We're trying to move some things around in the library.  We have limited space, so we have issues with finding space for everything.  Right now, we have a small shelf on the edge of YA, next to the Audio, for Science Fiction and Fantasy.  I find most patrons go straight to Fiction to look for their favorite SF authors, only to come to me asking where the books are.  Personally, I'd like to move all the SF in with the Fiction and claim that extra shelf for YA, which doesn't really have it's own space, because I want to give the teens a space of their own.

So I put it to you, my dear SF loving friends.  What do you think?

Poll #1269748 SF in the Library
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Where would you prefer to find your SF books?

How does your library shelve the SF books?

Via Wonkette

Pew Numbers Released Today

The science of cute

Released: July 15, 2005

Zogby Poll Finds Summer Magic: Two-thirds of ‘Potter’ Adult Fans Set to Buy New Book; Three-in-Ten Adults Read J.K. Rowling’s Books; Most See Themselves in Ravenclaw House; Say Bush, Hillary ‘Slytherin’ Alums

With Saturday’s release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince set for midnight, a new Zogby Interactive poll indicates that U.S. publisher Scholastic is set to sell books at a brisk pace, with two-thirds (66%) of the three-in-ten (29%) adults who’ve read past “Potter” books saying they plan to read the sixth installment.

The survey also found that most Americans would place themselves in Ravenclaw, one of the four mythical houses at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry—but would place both President Bush and New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Slytherin, home to such treacherous characters as Harry Potter’s arch-rival, Draco Malfoy.

The Zogby Interactive survey of 6,819 adults nationwide was conducted May 19 through 26, 2005, and has a margin of error of +/-1.2 percentage points.

The poll, which identified adults who had read any of the previous five books in J.K. Rowling’s series about the adventures of the boy wizard studying at Hogwarts, found that at least three-in-five past adult readers of the books in every geographic region of the country plan to read Half-Blood Prince. One of the most fascinating aspects of the poll was that factors that often impact response, such as party registration, had no impact at all on the question—while 65% of Democrats and independents plan to read the book, so do 66% of Republicans. The new book will likely perform particularly well with adults under 50, as 72% of all Harry Potter fans between the ages of 18 and 49 plan to read it.

See Selves in Ravenclaw; Bush, Clinton in Slytherin; Mrs. Bush in Huffelpuff

One of the survey’s more interesting findings is that, despite the fact the main character resides in Gryffindor, the house that respondents were reminded values loyalty and courage, most adults saw themselves in Ravenclaw (41%), where intelligence and wit are the attributes most valued. Gryffindor was second, at 30%, followed by Huffelpuff, where loyalty, patience and hard work are valued, at 23%. Slytherin, where cunning and ambition are considered the ultimate virtues, was the house where just 2% of respondents saw themselves.

However, the same respondents who could not see themselves in Slytherin could picture two prominent citizens there: 52% placed George W. Bush in Draco Malfoy’s digs, while 50% of respondents placed New York’s junior senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, there with him. The responses unsurprisingly were driven by respondents’ partisan affiliation. Meanwhile, First Lady Laura Bush, according to a 45% plurality of survey participants, would be a good fit for Huffelpuff.

Would Elect Hermione Granger President over Harry, Ron

Pint-sized witch Hermione Granger would easily be elected President over both Harry Potter and pal Ron Weasley. The poll finds that 57% of the books’ fans would elect her president, while just one-in-four (25%) would choose the books’ hero. His somewhat awkward and clumsy friend, Ron, fared worst, however: just 5% would vote for the young redheaded wizard.

Zogby International conducted interviews of 6,819 American adults nationwide, including 2,002 self-described readers of “Harry Potter” books. All surveys were conducted from servers housed at Zogby International headquarters in Utica, N.Y., from May 19 through 26, 2005. The margin of error is +/-1.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in subgroups.

(7/15/2005)

Like we said: "What mandate?"

Check out this poll from canada.com. I love the choices. Bwahahaha!

If George Washington came back from the grave, he'd beat W for election by 20 points...

Check it out:
State of the Union Parsing Tool

From Hill News...but hmm, Penn and Schoen is the firm that screwed up the polling in Venezuela...and what about the Splenda vs sugar crowd?

Among all coffee drinkers, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are tied at 44 percent. But among black-coffee drinkers, Bush leads 48 percent to 42 percent. Kerry takes the cream-and-sugar crowd by a margin of 50 percent to 36 percent. How do we know this? Someone actually researched it, believe it or not, at 7-Eleven, which sells a lot of coffee.