Another glorious Spring day ... spent inside

[hrj]

I had thoughts of going out bicycling today. Or maybe a movie. But in the end I went for a big push to finish up the re-org & shelf check of books in the dining room (formerly the office). I haven't finished inputting the books that weren't cataloged yet, and I haven't finished logging deaccession status for today's work, but the main dining room shelves are completed. This means the only non-fiction I still have to do through is the food/cookery books (which will be getting a new shelf, but for now are going on the old brackets by the kitchen) and the music books (which mostly have never been cataloged in the first place). At this point I have seven shelves that are standing completely empty -- that's an entire case's worth. And that's not counting assorted partials scattered around. When I started the book re-org I thought it was going to be psychologically hard to do any serious divestiture, but I've ended up getting into the spirit of the thing. Mind you, I think I've only put 10% of the original total onto the deaccessioning shelves.

And I can now get at my art micro-studio again.

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[green-knight.livejournal.com]

I'm running out of shelfspace. Which I *knew* would happen, but I'm 9/10th through my shelves (that includes double-shelving where applicable) and only 2/3 through my boxes of books.

Err, ooops. I've put everything I can't remember or don't feel certain about on a shelf where I can either read enough to decide to keep it, or discard, and I've put a whole box of books aside to get rid of already, and I have, well, the double-stacked shelf *and* three boxes of books I'm not certain about, of which probably half will go, but that's not enough weeding.

And don't get me started on the paperwork/magazines/photocopies...

[hrj.livejournal.com]

And don't get me started on the paperwork/magazines/photocopies...

Oh yeah. That's in the next couple of stages. I've decided I really don't need to save old newsletters and magazines (with very limited exceptions). And then I get started on scanning in all the journal articles I've copied for research purposes.

[albionwood.livejournal.com]

Seven empty bookshelves! The mind boggles.

We've gone through and culled the fiction shelves a couple of times, and in theory we could do the same to the non-fiction. I suspect, however, this may be an area where theory and practice differ. I admire and applaud your determination.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Those seven bookshelves represent something like 300 deaccessioned books. The next problem will be getting rid of them all in appropriate ways (and with as little work on my part as possible).