Enter the LCC call number into the catalog.Scan the book into the catalog program.So, these are the steps I follow as I enter books into my catalog: For those, I will note where the audio book is, too. Next up this summer will be adding our audiobooks to the catalog so I can see what I have easily. In my Delicious Library program, then, I have the notes line in the database where I put either the call number or the color-coded label of the book. The label is along the back cover, so it’s visible if you pull the book out just a smidge, but my shelves look like normal bookshelves and not library shelves. The adult books I have labeled with their abbreviated Library of Congress call number, but not on the spine. So, I’m waiting for my order of rainbow washi tape to arrive, and then I’ll add a color designation to these other categories: I tried another Amazon search just this week, and had an inspiration: Washi tape. I bought some dot labels in more colors, but they don’t stick very well at all on spines. I’ve been on the lookout for Avery color-coding labels in more colors for over a year now, and have finally given up the hunt. There is an exception: The hardcover Signature biographies we collect and the Childhood of Famous Americans books live in the boys’ bedroom and do not get labeled. After two years of that, they were simply in the habit of raiding the shelf for anything likely, so I felt it was no longer necessary to require it. Two & three years ago, I would have each boy pick one history book and one science book to read for the week, and they would know what they could pick based on the label on the spine. The history books only have the current year’s color out and the rest are boxed away (and if one weasels its way out into circulation, I can spot it and return it to its home). So all pink-labeled books are always out and always shelved together. There are four colors in the pack of labels, and so I’ve designated them thus: I used the Avery color-coding labels, and I’ve been pleased with how that has worked out. How I categorize my booksĪbout three years ago, I put a colored label on the spine of books that I purchased for our three-year history cycle. Going through all my books and entering them into my catalog has been a great time to apply some reinforcement to bindings in need of it. Remember my trick for fixing book spines with packing tape? ![]() For the church library, I used LibraryThing (online) and the Dewey Decimal System, because that’s what people are used to. ![]() ![]() What I like most about the LCC system is that it includes fiction and literature, and books written about a piece of literature are shelved next to the literature. I simplified the LCC numbers to only the two numbers following the two letters. So, for my own personal library, I used Delicious Library as my cataloguing software (Mac only) and the Library of Congress call numbers. If you use LT, a barcode scanner makes entering books go much faster (if they have modern barcodes).
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