Project 2010: Library Catalogue

I was absolutely astonished by how long this project wound up taking me! I started cataloging while I was packing to move into my new condo, and it took weeks to get most of my grandmother's collection entered into my spreadsheet and boxed up. I did make it hard on myself by cataloging a number of properties - title, author, publisher and year, along with any notable comments about the editions, but it seemed best to do everything all at once.

The hardest part was letting go of some of the books, but I decided it was better to have a manageable collection that I would be able to keep on the limited shelf space in my home, rather than keep every book my grandmother collected in her lifetime. I passed a number of books along to family, and took most of the paperbacks, mystery novels, and some others to the used bookstore.

I also went through my own collection of books and finally turned in most of my books from college, save my collection of used philosophy and classics texts. All in all, I was very proud that I was able to let go of some books that I should have parted with years ago. I even managed to get them all on the shelves - I only have a few boxes with oversized coffee table books and my grandmother's individual volume Shakespeare collection in storage.