[bksvol-discuss] Re: Storing and Organizing Books
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:02:33 -0500
It's simple. I do it in two ways: 1. I have a room with shelves where my
wife has categorized probably better than 60 percent of our books on shelves
with the sf going into a particular closet with shelves. The remainder go into
the computer where some are on shelves and the rest are in 4-5-foot stacks and
I say prayers that they don't fall. Vague ideas where some stuff is and none
where most hides. Yes, this means we sometimes buy duplicates. I did buy a
program which claimed that it could read ISBNs with a bar code reader and I
couldn't operate the bar code reader accurately enough while my wife is
decidedly uninterested in using the computer for record keeping.
<grin>
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: Bookshare Volunteers
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:53 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Storing and Organizing Books
Hi, everybody. I'm asking this question on the volunteers list because I
think more people on this list might understand my question. For those of you
with large collections of print books, how do you store and organize them so
you know what they are? For now, I have several giant stacks on my desk and a
3-drawer plastic unit full of paperbacks. I also have 3 closet shelves with
multiple stacks of books on it. I think I need a bookcase of some sort, but I
am totally lost with putting things together with a hammer and nails. Do any of
you know about any kind of storage units that don't require major assembly? My
book chaos is getting out of hand, and there's got to be a better way to do
this. I need to sit down for a few weeks and scan for several hours a day to
get out from under my stacks of books on my desk. They are wish list books and
should be done first. It would be nice to see the base unit for my cordless
phone without reaching carefully behind two towering stacks of books. (smile)
One stack of books is over three feet tall. Yikes!
Monica Willyard
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