He’s one half the couple who pay the mortgage of the house I live in the basement of. He’s a PhD, not an MD, I just like the phrase, “the good Doctor.”
And organized isn’t even half of it. He’s deathly afraid for the welfare of his books. The word “dogear” is like nails on a chalkboard to him. His study has more bookshelves that aren’t pictured here. There is officially an ongoing bookshelf crisis. And the guy does get rid of books. He “just keeps the useful ones,” god love him.
It is great. I keep meaning to re-read.
Oh! Bending and folding. Those are the ones I keep behind my bed.
Forward my link above to Brodart. He might want to get a big roll, but the pre-sized ones are super fast to put the jackets in. Get a bone folder for to crease ti down for in between sizes and to help with origami.
For those wondering, Atomic was an Aussie overclocker’s mag, which was of such high quality for a good stretch that I stopped buying all other magazines, since they seemed a rip-off in comparison. Sweet presentation, awesome articles and cover discs, and minimum ads, which were well-placed. It’s gone to the dogs as of 5-10 years ago, though. Their forum was where I used to hang out before I discovered BB.
The last time I moved, I had just been diagnosed with Stage III cancer, so imagine all the books and bookcases of “the good Doctor” but with absolutely no organization anywhere.
Amen to that. I occasionally do a little desultory defragging of the mostly random Big Wall of books (multi-volume sets are almost always together, and some subjects are kind-of coalescing, a process which will probably near completion around the time I die or move), but the general mess is an all-too-accurate reflection of my mind.
(Records and CDs, on the other hand, I always used to keep scrupulously organised, complete with a .csv catalogue. That approach went west when I started adding digitally acquired recordings.)
I realized that my bookshelves overwhelmingly are very very visually based. This is obviously needed for things like art books, but even many of my history and science stuff is very visual. I do have more reading books behind the faced books, but I guess it would confirm that I am a very visually based person. Though I actually DO learn just fine by reading. When taking those left/right brain tests I am usually in the middle which means I am not really great at anything.
Bookshelves 1&2 of 5 (with the still-kicking college-dorm minifridge/tea bar/wet bar in the middle). I just moved earlier this summer, so organizing the bookcases is still down the priority list. Mostly hardback fiction and non-fiction; there used to be no open space on the shelves, but 5 moves in 37 months made me do some serious whittling down.
This was taken when I had just pared down the collection for moving, and in fact when in its usual packed-full state this bookcase held maybe 1/3 of my wife’s and my combined collections. Fortunately the new house has more wallspace for more and larger bookshelves! But it’ll be a while before I can get around to building them, so they’re all in boxes now.
This bookcase never did get organized, except by size. Usually, education and child development books were halfway down on the far right column, kids’ books at the very bottom (although both kids have full bookshelves in their bedrooms) and the Trumbo books near the upper right, but otherwise it was always quite chaotic. Organization was always intended, but never actually happened. This will change at the new house.
