The Card Catalog is also a book!
Published by the The Library of Congress this book chronicles the challenges of library science over centuries specifically focusing on early American History.
More than delightful memories of classic books, this short and sweet book pairs well with The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders (reviewed 5/15/2019).
I saw multiple interviews with Peter Schweizer over the last few years especially timed around new book releases. Reading a Schweizer book completes one New Year’s Resolution. The content is detailed with MANY footnotes. Excellent questions are posed. The content is absolutely relevant to matters that influence “these days and times” at home and abroad. From my point of view, this public knowledge is integral to the “Great Awakening”.
Other books by Peter Schweizer: Extortion 2013, Clinton Cash 2016 and the latest Profiles in Corruption 2021
Recently, I realized that Dan Brown’s works of fiction The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Lost Symbol and others also influenced the “Great Awakening”.
Elfcroft survey: What I found….
Miscellaneous
My first series
Coffee Table books: bottom shelf
One of many: I Ching research
Hour for hour, most of my reading of digital books is in-flight
Wow! Choosing just one of the 10 suggestions made by Laura Gaskill would be TOO limiting. Thank you Laura!
Check out using library style carts (post dated Dec 3, 2018 “Coincidence? Mini Libraries”)
I saw this tweet the same day I finished stocking a library cart for the barn we inherited from my father-in-law.
I found a stainless steel 3 shelf cart with rails in the barn. We kept his books on WW2, hunting deer, bees, tree and bird identification, playing craps, a couple of 1995 issues of PB mag (PB does not stand for peanut butter :), investment and music books from the 1920s. The chair (not much on looks) is by a window. Perfect!
Mini Rolling Library, In Memory of Grandpa
….So like the little library in the cemetery honoring the deceased, our little library cart holds content dear to its former owner.
This article suggests there are three styles (Dewey decimal system not included): bookstore, theme and rainbow order. After paring down and shuffling my books in July, I went with “theme” bookshelves. Laura Gaskill has great advice with photos for oversize books, plan to rotate, display covers, care for rare books, rack ’em (children’s), vertical or stacks, accent with bookends and last but not least….leave room for more!
Coffee table books
My oversize books span decades with The Incredible Year 1968 being a clue. Kenny Rogers, Your Friends and Mine was a gift from my sister in 1987. She had Kenny Rogers autograph it for me. Tennessee, Virginia and Indiana have been home. Hmmmm….I need a rotation plan for these books on the coffee table.
Eve and brass book end
I love bookends and often buy them as gifts. My shelves are so full, I don’t often use bookends myself. However on my desk is a single brass one of a dog and a cat on a stack of books. My grandmother used it for years. Office assistant Eve…insists her photo is better than a brass cat!
AWESOME! Outstanding photos of the libraries and owners!
Canada, France, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Denmark, Japan, UK, Russia, Germany, Sweden
Two story, Hallway, Nest, Stacks, Nook, Floating, Cave, Home, Geometric, Corner, With a View
300 to 6500 books
A couple of the interviews had comments about digital libraries. Merging digital and paper was on my mind when I posted “It started when…” on July 28, 2015…part the evolution of my personal library that involved clearing obsolescence and sorting.
Enjoy!
I put away the recipe for Impossible Vegetable Pie. Pause. Ah ha. Half of my modest cookbook collection is just taking up counter space. Now those unused cookbooks are headed to a public library book sale. But not before…I’m on a roll…before scrutinizing the nine shelves behind the couch. In 2010, the nine shelf solution was progress. Some of the books I have had 50 years. The thermodynamics text book…40 years. Blah, blah, blah. Since then, I have read dozens of ibooks.
Before
The first sort of about 300 books is complete with everything left in place and hot pink stickers on spines of books to donate. The subjects range from travel, gardening, fiction, non-fiction, business…even organizing…I stopped to scan that one. The goal of the 2010 effort was to fill the shelves to keep “Office Assistant” Eve from napping between books. There is no Dewey decimal system in place.
Sort with Hot pink tags
Donation_first 50, followed by 27
After
A week has come and gone since I started this project. Results:
Eve still naps under the potted plant 🙂
Snooooze
I choose to keep the six shelves filled: (2) for favorites, (1) for travel, (1) for business/government, (1) for youth and finally…..miscellaneous!
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