This week I was able to complete my
book culling, which in itself could be made into a great epic poem, but there
is no rest for the weary. Now I am tasked with taking all of the books that are
being recommended for deaccessioning, putting them in order by subject, and then
taking the different groups and putting them in alphabetical order by author’s
last name. My brain was effectively turned to mush. I said the alphabet in my
head enough to make Elmo throw up. Jack Friend was pretty honed in on certain
subjects, so the vast majority of his books either fit in Civil War, ships, or
World War II. There were those rare instances where I was stumped; he had quite
a few books that were about a single event that did not seem to tie into
anything else, such as Nicholas and
Alexandra, a novel about a Russian tsar. I mean, I love a good historical
love story as much as the next guy, but that just isn’t a very strong genre (sorry
Titanic).
I wanted to start with the
deaccessioned books because it will give me a chance to practice before moving
onto the larger scale of books that we are keeping. We probably kept three
times as many books as we will be donating to the library. Next week I will
begin typing up the actual list of books that are being considered for deaccession,
time to brush up on my Turabian!
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