During one of our two weeks of Spring Break, a friend and I organized almost our entire library of children’s reading books. First, we took all the books off the shelves and put them in boxes.
However, before I ever did that, I bought as many colored sticky dots and stars as I could.
The other thing I did was decide where I was going to database my books. I wanted to have a place that would list them by author and title, and genre. I wanted quick, easy, painless entry. For now, I chose to use the library feature in Homeschool Tracker Plus. There are several software programs that will do this too. You can make one on Excel too.
Figure out how you want to do it, then let’s get started next week.
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Did I mention, that since I did the original books, that I now have two boxes waiting to be done. Yes, books come into our home that quickly.
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I was just thinking that doing something like this would be really helpful when planning my unit studies, when I’m buying books and when I’m at the library. I “approved” the idea and put in on the back burner. You have not encouraged me to go ahead and start it now!
I’ll also be joining you in blogging on Wednesday as soon as my blog is back up and running again. Thanks so much for your wonderful post! 
I just organized my bookshelves during spring break, but haven’t put things on a data base—that’s dedication.
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Having all of our books listed in a database with title, author, genre (and even publisher), is a huge help for us. I originally had my database in Excel, but then transferred it to a Google docs spreadsheet so that I can access it from anywhere on my iPhone. This is especially helpful when I’m at a homeschool conference or book store so that I can make sure I don’t already have a book before I make a purchase.