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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
I have SO many books plus booklets, some antique magazines and
newspapers, etc. How does one organize such things? On one hand, I'd like to organize them logically, say, by author or subject. On the other, items seem to be happier when organized by size.... Relatedly, especially if organizing by size, how do you locate the items you need to find? I have recently gotten some queries from researchers, and I have to ask "what is your time frame?" and look toward moving and then organizing things, with attention paid to the need to find them again. Thanks, -- Jean B. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Jean B. wrote:
I have SO many books plus booklets, some antique magazines and newspapers, etc. How does one organize such things? On one hand, I'd like to organize them logically, say, by author or subject. On the other, items seem to be happier when organized by size.... Relatedly, especially if organizing by size, how do you locate the items you need to find? I have recently gotten some queries from researchers, and I have to ask "what is your time frame?" and look toward moving and then organizing things, with attention paid to the need to find them again. Thanks, Everyone has a different method, I think. Mine is distinctly not the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal System. My typical Divisions a Language Reference (e.g. dictionaries) Chess Travel Law Philosophy (writings arranged chronologically) Psychology (writings arranged chronologically) Religion (writings arranged chronologically) Science Industrial Arts (woodworking, metalworking, automobiles) Cooking Art - Painting (arranged chronologically by country) - Photography - Architecture History Arranged chronologically by subject matter (it can be a pain in the neck but it makes access easy) Literature (each subdivision is arranged chronologically by date of birth of author) - American - English - French - German - Spanish - Russian - Japanese - Latin - Italian - Greek - Canadian - Irish - Rest of the World - Mystery - Espionage - SciFi -- Francis A. Miniter In dem Lande der Pygmäen gibt es keine Uniformen, weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen, Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen. Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen" from In dem Lande der Pygmäen |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Jean B. wrote: I have SO many books plus booklets, some antique magazines and newspapers, etc. How does one organize such things? On one hand, I'd like to organize them logically, say, by author or subject. On the other, items seem to be happier when organized by size.... Relatedly, especially if organizing by size, how do you locate the items you need to find? I have recently gotten some queries from researchers, and I have to ask "what is your time frame?" and look toward moving and then organizing things, with attention paid to the need to find them again. Thanks, Everyone has a different method, I think. Mine is distinctly not the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal System. My typical Divisions a Language Reference (e.g. dictionaries) Chess Travel Law Philosophy (writings arranged chronologically) Psychology (writings arranged chronologically) Religion (writings arranged chronologically) Science Industrial Arts (woodworking, metalworking, automobiles) Cooking Art - Painting (arranged chronologically by country) - Photography - Architecture History Arranged chronologically by subject matter (it can be a pain in the neck but it makes access easy) Literature (each subdivision is arranged chronologically by date of birth of author) - American - English - French - German - Spanish - Russian - Japanese - Latin - Italian - Greek - Canadian - Irish - Rest of the World - Mystery - Espionage - SciFi That's impressive! Thanks. My main problem is with my old and antique US cookbooks and, especially, my cooking booklets. The cookbooks are arranged as follows: Foreign Cookbooks Region Country author for some; size for others--really big books have a space unto themselves US Cookbooks More-recent US cookbooks: Region, when applicable Type of cookery, when applicable classic cookbooks [rest ????] Older and Antique Books Chronological [some multi-edition bks grouped regardless of date] Size Cookbook Reference Volumes Recipe Booklets [old and antique]... These are a BIG problem. I started grouping them by company, but if grouped by size, they are more stable. Grouping by size, however, makes things virtually unfindable! I might as well get into other books.... Literature US By author Foreign Region Country Author US Classics Mysteries Other Author Nonfiction Gardening and related topics Wildlife (mostly birds) History Region Country Chronological Archaeology Anthropology Sociology Language Reference Genealogy [including some town histories] Antiques Architecture Self-sufficiency [don't know what I want to call it] Ancient and foreign art Undoubtedly more I am forgetting, because some of these things are currently double-shelved. -- Jean B. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Oooops. I forgot the following (and probably more): Food and cooking history General Region Country Chronological Periodicals (newspapers, magazine, almanacs) Title Chronological Biography These are currently in their respective history sections. -- Jean B. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Jean B. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter wrote: Oooops. I forgot the following (and probably more): Food and cooking history General Region Country Chronological Periodicals (newspapers, magazine, almanacs) Title Chronological Biography These are currently in their respective history sections. You remind me. About 10 years ago, a friend read a then new book on the history of food and told me about interesting excerpts from it. Just recently I was thinking I would like to find the book. Would you know of any good histories of food written about year 2000? Thank you. -- Francis A. Miniter In dem Lande der Pygmäen gibt es keine Uniformen, weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen, Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen. Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen" from In dem Lande der Pygmäen |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Jean B. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter wrote: Jean B. wrote: I have SO many books plus booklets, some antique magazines and newspapers, etc. How does one organize such things? On one hand, I'd like to organize them logically, say, by author or subject. On the other, items seem to be happier when organized by size.... Relatedly, especially if organizing by size, how do you locate the items you need to find? I have recently gotten some queries from researchers, and I have to ask "what is your time frame?" and look toward moving and then organizing things, with attention paid to the need to find them again. Thanks, Everyone has a different method, I think. Mine is distinctly not the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal System. My typical Divisions a Language Reference (e.g. dictionaries) Chess Travel Law Philosophy (writings arranged chronologically) Psychology (writings arranged chronologically) Religion (writings arranged chronologically) Science Industrial Arts (woodworking, metalworking, automobiles) Cooking Art - Painting (arranged chronologically by country) - Photography - Architecture History Arranged chronologically by subject matter (it can be a pain in the neck but it makes access easy) Literature (each subdivision is arranged chronologically by date of birth of author) - American - English - French - German - Spanish - Russian - Japanese - Latin - Italian - Greek - Canadian - Irish - Rest of the World - Mystery - Espionage - SciFi That's impressive! Thanks. My main problem is with my old and antique US cookbooks and, especially, my cooking booklets. The cookbooks are arranged as follows: Foreign Cookbooks Region Country author for some; size for others--really big books have a space unto themselves US Cookbooks More-recent US cookbooks: Region, when applicable Type of cookery, when applicable classic cookbooks [rest ????] Older and Antique Books Chronological [some multi-edition bks grouped regardless of date] Size Cookbook Reference Volumes Recipe Booklets [old and antique]... These are a BIG problem. I started grouping them by company, but if grouped by size, they are more stable. Grouping by size, however, makes things virtually unfindable! I might as well get into other books.... Literature US By author Foreign Region Country Author US Classics Mysteries Other Author Nonfiction Gardening and related topics Wildlife (mostly birds) History Region Country Chronological Archaeology Anthropology Sociology Language Reference Genealogy [including some town histories] Antiques Architecture Self-sufficiency [don't know what I want to call it] Ancient and foreign art Undoubtedly more I am forgetting, because some of these things are currently double-shelved. That is quite a special collection on food and cooking! For booklets, what I do is get magazine holders from Staples or other office supply shops, label the outside appropriately and group the booklets in the correct holder. And for recipes cut out from newspapers or magazines, these days a scanner allows you to create a computer directory with the name of the recipes in alphabetical order. If you have a database program (e.g., Access or Paradox), you can then cross-reference on key ingredients to do random searches. -- Francis A. Miniter In dem Lande der Pygmäen gibt es keine Uniformen, weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen, Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen. Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen" from In dem Lande der Pygmäen |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Jean B. wrote: Francis A. Miniter wrote: Oooops. I forgot the following (and probably more): Food and cooking history General Region Country Chronological Periodicals (newspapers, magazine, almanacs) Title Chronological Biography These are currently in their respective history sections. You remind me. About 10 years ago, a friend read a then new book on the history of food and told me about interesting excerpts from it. Just recently I was thinking I would like to find the book. Would you know of any good histories of food written about year 2000? Thank you. I misread this at first. I am not sure, but may be able to figure it out. Not a reissue or new edition, I assume? -- Jean B. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Jean B. wrote: Francis A. Miniter wrote: Jean B. wrote: I have SO many books plus booklets, some antique magazines and newspapers, etc. How does one organize such things? On one hand, I'd like to organize them logically, say, by author or subject. On the other, items seem to be happier when organized by size.... Relatedly, especially if organizing by size, how do you locate the items you need to find? I have recently gotten some queries from researchers, and I have to ask "what is your time frame?" and look toward moving and then organizing things, with attention paid to the need to find them again. Thanks, Everyone has a different method, I think. Mine is distinctly not the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal System. My typical Divisions a Language Reference (e.g. dictionaries) Chess Travel Law Philosophy (writings arranged chronologically) Psychology (writings arranged chronologically) Religion (writings arranged chronologically) Science Industrial Arts (woodworking, metalworking, automobiles) Cooking Art - Painting (arranged chronologically by country) - Photography - Architecture History Arranged chronologically by subject matter (it can be a pain in the neck but it makes access easy) Literature (each subdivision is arranged chronologically by date of birth of author) - American - English - French - German - Spanish - Russian - Japanese - Latin - Italian - Greek - Canadian - Irish - Rest of the World - Mystery - Espionage - SciFi That's impressive! Thanks. My main problem is with my old and antique US cookbooks and, especially, my cooking booklets. The cookbooks are arranged as follows: Foreign Cookbooks Region Country author for some; size for others--really big books have a space unto themselves US Cookbooks More-recent US cookbooks: Region, when applicable Type of cookery, when applicable classic cookbooks [rest ????] Older and Antique Books Chronological [some multi-edition bks grouped regardless of date] Size Cookbook Reference Volumes Recipe Booklets [old and antique]... These are a BIG problem. I started grouping them by company, but if grouped by size, they are more stable. Grouping by size, however, makes things virtually unfindable! I might as well get into other books.... Literature US By author Foreign Region Country Author US Classics Mysteries Other Author Nonfiction Gardening and related topics Wildlife (mostly birds) History Region Country Chronological Archaeology Anthropology Sociology Language Reference Genealogy [including some town histories] Antiques Architecture Self-sufficiency [don't know what I want to call it] Ancient and foreign art Undoubtedly more I am forgetting, because some of these things are currently double-shelved. That is quite a special collection on food and cooking! For booklets, what I do is get magazine holders from Staples or other office supply shops, label the outside appropriately and group the booklets in the correct holder. And for recipes cut out from newspapers or magazines, these days a scanner allows you to create a computer directory with the name of the recipes in alphabetical order. If you have a database program (e.g., Access or Paradox), you can then cross-reference on key ingredients to do random searches. Recipes are a whole other issue! I used to collect those like mad but was so overrun by them that I have pretty much stopped doing that. Thank you for the tip on the magazine boxes. Those would at least stabilize the floppy material, assuming the boxes were full. I would need to find acid-free material, because I am most concerned with preserving the old material. In fact, that is one of several motives that I have for collecting. -- Jean B. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Francis and Jean,
You both might be interested in APPETITE CITY by William Grimes. It's a history of restaurants in New York City from the Dutch beginnings through the present day--how people were tempted out of their homes to eat in restaurants, founding the multi-million dollar industry we know today. There are no recipes, but there are reproductions of menus from days gone by. |
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How do you organize old books (and booklets)?
Jean B. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter wrote: Jean B. wrote: Francis A. Miniter wrote: Oooops. I forgot the following (and probably more): Food and cooking history General Region Country Chronological Periodicals (newspapers, magazine, almanacs) Title Chronological Biography These are currently in their respective history sections. You remind me. About 10 years ago, a friend read a then new book on the history of food and told me about interesting excerpts from it. Just recently I was thinking I would like to find the book. Would you know of any good histories of food written about year 2000? Thank you. I misread this at first. I am not sure, but may be able to figure it out. Not a reissue or new edition, I assume? I am not sure, but I do not think it was an older book. Late 90s was my imagination. It dealt with, e.g., where tomatoes originally developed and how and when they were first transported to Europe. -- Francis A. Miniter In dem Lande der Pygmäen gibt es keine Uniformen, weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen, Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen. Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen" from In dem Lande der Pygmäen |
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