tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post8643868054063017257..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: I'll Show You Mine....Peter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-4135127257498511962008-10-08T22:29:00.000-04:002008-10-08T22:29:00.000-04:00I had my books listed in an Excel spreadsheet as a...I had my books listed in an Excel spreadsheet as a teenager. However last year I found some free book catalogue software on the Internet and use that now. <BR/><BR/>I didn't have a DDC to give them call numbers, but every book had a bibliographic number starting at 1 and going through to over 3100 now. (That way I knew how many books I owned since that was the first question asked of me when friends saw my bedroom). <BR/><BR/>I gave all books my version of subject headings. A was school. A1 meant boarding schools, boys, C=horses, D=Ships, F=arts, F1=Music and so on.<BR/><BR/>I only wrote my name and the book's number in the book, but the shelves had labels! The bookcase above my bed had shelves A to B and divided into sections 1-4. the selves under the window sill were similar. However I don't use this now!<BR/><BR/>...and yes, I work in a library...and have a librarian as a father...who has his own shelves aranged in rough DDC order...I couldn't help myself!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273610774964412532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-91894061929432743182008-10-05T15:15:00.000-04:002008-10-05T15:15:00.000-04:00I wasn't a cataloger, but many of our old family b...I wasn't a cataloger, but many of our old family books have dates written on the front endpapers from when my sister and I would play Library. This game consisted of one person being the librarian and one person being the patron. The patron would choose a few books, and the librarian would write the date the book was "due" in the book. Switch roles. Read. Repeat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125991004513354846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-54946736271799487182008-10-03T09:10:00.000-04:002008-10-03T09:10:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing! I think yours was a brilliant...Thanks for sharing! I think yours was a brilliant hobby (except for the pressing down firmly part). They could have made one of those photographic biographies about you--"A Very Young Cataloger."Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-3356133498085187402008-10-03T02:50:00.000-04:002008-10-03T02:50:00.000-04:00I think I had a Miss Sniff book as a kid... I'll h...I think I had a Miss Sniff book as a kid... I'll have to do a post on the books I had a as a kid sometime this weekend.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I wasn't a cataloger, once I was about 5 and had stopped writing (or trying to write my name in my book). I tried to keep all my copies in the very best condition so no slapping stickers on my books!Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.com