When you have several books by one author, if it is a series, place in order to be read – vol 1, vol 2, etc. Then place on shelves by author’s last name. For example: mysteries, sci-fi and fantasy, great books, etc. In general, once books are sorted by kids’ books and grownups’ books, sort by fiction and non-fiction.įiction books are can be first sorted by genre, if you have a lot of one type. You can use Amazon to see what categories they put books in, though often some are in multiple categories, or miscategorized completely. They do include computers under Subclass QA, but we’d need to subdivide by computer language, operating system, web development, etc. A more flexible organizing system, familiar to those using bookstores, is the Library of Congress Classification System.
This left out huge sections of our library. In the Dewey Decimal System, computers get put in the same category as mythical beings, such as Bigfoot. Now, you could try using the Dewey Decimal System for Kids to organize your home library for children, but we found out that computers weren’t invented when Dewey invented his system, let alone other electronics. This all depends on how safe you feel about getting these items returned where you are going. True, these days many have their library on a Kindle or iPad. These could be kept in the car, or at a spot near the door where you leave your house. These are inexpensive paperback books or magazines that can be taken in the car, and no one will cry too hard if they get lost. Often with small children, sort by popularity, with the most popular within easy reach. If you have a 2-story house, have fixed tables upstairs and down where the library books can be set down. This is also essential for library books, so they don’t get mixed up with owned books. Read-alouds go on bedside tables for as long as the interest lasts. While it may be tempting to put shelves up to the high ceiling, resist. The tallest member of your family should be able to reach the top shelf easily. Books then go up higher as family members grow taller. Even a crawling baby can have their own cloth and cardboard book shelf. Lower shelves should be for the smaller children. Books about crafts or woodwork or gardening in those spaces where those activities are done or planned. Spaces like a kitchen that have specific activities should have books like cook books in that room or in the space where you do meal planning. What do family members want? Do they each want their own books in their own rooms, or just some of their books in their own space, and a majority in common spaces for sharing? This is going to have to be a family effort. Once you took a stab at organizing your books, but now there are so many more! What can you do? Build a small home library! You have book cases in every room, even the bathrooms! How do you best organize a family library?
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