tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post7376722272417893754..comments2023-10-18T04:26:48.183-04:00Comments on Mark's Journal: Today's burning book-filing questionsMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054476535275659839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-78848722851802981242013-12-02T03:38:20.377-05:002013-12-02T03:38:20.377-05:00I'm a Library (personal) resident myself, and ...I'm a Library (personal) resident myself, and also worked in libraries for many years... I'm straight alphabetical by author/editor/compiler's last name... even the non fiction. It's the only way I can find anything! I love Jon & Lobo, by the way! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-79924934007365905412013-11-27T09:36:22.068-05:002013-11-27T09:36:22.068-05:00I don't tend to label my books in any way, bec...I don't tend to label my books in any way, because I don't want to hurt them, so the postmodern library approach doesn't work well here.<br /><br />I also tend to follow the same method as you, Steve, but I always put the writer's real name first.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054476535275659839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-51260153028307953542013-11-27T08:50:55.562-05:002013-11-27T08:50:55.562-05:00I have pondered these questions myself. For my she...I have pondered these questions myself. For my shelves, I almost never mix paperbacks and hardbacks. I do have rare exceptions to this rule. <br />For 2, I keep an author's works together, but group the multiple names together, so using your example, all the Starks as a group and all the Westlakes as a separate but adjacent group. Which is first? Whichever name I'm likelier to recognize better or think of more gets the better visibility - being my shelves, I want to be able to find my books.steveburnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515106807859813405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-81778460270315018822013-11-27T08:39:39.623-05:002013-11-27T08:39:39.623-05:00I think the postmodern library answer is to put li...I think the postmodern library answer is to put like-sized things with like so they use available space best, but also number/barcode them with a location annotation all of which goes into a database for easy searching. Database browsing, however, is not quite as state-of-the-art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com