Volunteering at the community center is turning out to be a great idea. Wednesday is my day as receptionist and I get to talk to lots of folks. Still learning the ropes; apparently I forgot to write some money received into a log book and the treasurer had to reconcile it. My excuse is there was a line of people wanting to buy tickets to the event! They were practically throwing the money at me! And if you know me, you know my ability with numbers. Or lack thereof. lol.
Today I started work on reorganizing the library non fiction section. Everything we have is donations and second hand, from the books to the bookshelves. Some books come from books withdrawn from libraries, and some are simple donations. Which means that a lot of them have no Dewey decimal number labels. Which means that I have to call on my library experience to remember what goes where.
I weeded a bunch of old, way way way out of date books. Encyclopedia Britannica from 1975 level old. Since shifting the books is gonna happen, I am trying to at least group sections together on a shelf that has been recently designated for non fiction instead of donations.
Since cook books were one of the most popular topics in my old library, I started with them. There was a boat load in the community library, so getting them sorted was a good start and cleared some shelves from the shelving unit they want to remove.
When I asked the lady who is in charge of the library what to throw out and how they wanted the ‘cataloging’ to go, she said to use my best judgement. So I am. Cookbooks are now arranged; General all purpose, healthy eating, vegetarians, meat lovers, famous chefs, baking, regional and machine related as in microwave or crockpot type books.
Not the way they are in a regular library but I am using the best logic I can. No doubt it will change when things settle into their final spot on all the shelves. Where they are now, is really more of a place holder than final destination.