Organizing my Library
May. 22nd, 2009 09:47 pmI didn't try to organize my books when I first moved into this apartment. I just threw them up on the shelves as fast as I could so I could break down the boxes and get them out. Since then, I've been frustrated by not being able to find anything. This evening I started sorting it out -- which is a real challenge given the size of my library.
My first thought was that I would take all the books down and stack them into piles by topic, and then figure out how the whole system would be organized -- but I don't have that much floor space. Once there were a few hundred volumes scattered about, with hundreds more still sitting on shelves I decided a new strategy was in order. Instead, I decided to focus on what was most important to me and just let things develop from there.
( The shelves so far. . . )
My first thought was that I would take all the books down and stack them into piles by topic, and then figure out how the whole system would be organized -- but I don't have that much floor space. Once there were a few hundred volumes scattered about, with hundreds more still sitting on shelves I decided a new strategy was in order. Instead, I decided to focus on what was most important to me and just let things develop from there.
( The shelves so far. . . )