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From: "Willow Bend Books" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] catalogue personal library
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:10:23 -0400
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Connie,

If I ever cataloged my books I would use the system like they use at DAR.
State, county, Type of record. Dewey is the name of Hughey's brother. I
have always believed that a personal library should be set up like a
bookstore. For the ease of the customer rather than the person who needs to
know the specific place on the shelf that a book belongs.

Nothing is more frustrating than to have to look in six places for books
that relate to the same county. In the bookstore, if a book refers to more
than two counties it is put in the state general reference section. If I
only have one copy, the two county book is put in the first county
mentioned.

LCC and Dewey are great for large libraries that deal with thousands of
different topics in thousands of different areas. However, we have specialty
collections. One area, genealogy.

C.

Craig R. Scott, CGRS

Willow Bend Books
65 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157-5026

www.WillowBendBooks.com


C.


Craig R. Scott, CGRS

Willow Bend Books
65 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157-5026

www.WillowBendBooks.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie Bradbury" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] catalogue personal library


> I am so glad Don presented this topic. I need help too.
>
> My problem is with shelf cataloging. My library friends keep telling me
to
> use either the Dewey or the LCC system but I feel the time it takes for me
> to catalog each book is not time effective for me. Then, as Don said,
there
> tapes, videos, conference materials (syllabi), etc.
>
> When I started over 30 years ago my "library" was very small but like
Topsy,
> it just growed and growed and growed. Also space is a consideration.
>
> I like having the books I use frequently at my fingertips (near the
computer
> and desk). I consider these as "Reference" but I also have a number of
> other volumes not used as often on the shelves.
>
> I have been shelving my books by subject, such as land, census, passenger
> lists. Then I have states shelved together.
>
> I keep a computer generated list of my books that I can sort by author or
> title plus a list of CDs. I take these lists to conferences so I don't
> duplicate something I already have just because the cover had changed!
>
> I just think there has to be a better way and I would like to hear from
> others how they shelve/catalog their books as well as their responses to
Don
> about tapes, etc.
>
> Connie
>
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