Monday, May 11, 2009
Books!
I grew up in a home full of books, thousands of books, and have always known that I wanted the same for my children. Until quite recently, that dream was on hold because I didn't feel I had the space for/wanted to take care of a lot of books, and hey, I do have cards to four different library systems. But with Lily learning to read, all the kids clamoring to be read to, and library fines occasionally reaching ridiculous levels, I have decided to bring the library home. I've been on something of a book-buying spree recently, and am feeling much happier with the book selections available in my home. Some of the sources I have found are library book sales (I got a 2001 World Book Encyclpedia set with two volumes missing for $25) and thrift stores (I came home with about 40 books for $17). Now It's time to organize! does anyone have a favorite book-organization strategy to share?
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maybe check this blog out
http://journal.bibliotech.us/?p=31
She talks about setting up your home library catalog.
I haven't tried it, but maybe someday if I accumulate a lot of books, I will :)
It's not actually that hard to catalog books - especially with library catalogs online, it's easy to look up proper call numbers.
So that's one way to do it... or you can do what we do and have them organized by a combination of type (hardcover, soft cover, board book) and subject...
I think with three little kids, any system is going to dissolve in chaos every once in a while - the benefit of a call number system is that you could label shelves and wouldn't have too much work to put things back as they were. Of course you can label shelves by subject too...
In my classroom, I sort books based on genre. This way chapter books and picture books can be in the same location and any age / reading level is able to find what they may be looking for...hope this helps!
Good luck!
I always liked our home book organization by size... I guess that's just one of the things I remember most about books, and it makes it super easy to put them in the right place on the shelf.
I so need to organize my books as well!
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