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limey · 09-17-2016, 02:22 AM

I tend to arrange books by subject matter (biographies, travel, novels, poetry) and would probably do film/video the same way. Music by genre but that's tricky because I disagree with a lot of genre classifications, so why not alphabetical by artist?
Or do the whole lot by colour and size, for a visually pleasing arrangement. You'll get used to it and find stuff easily!

footfootfoot · 09-17-2016, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by limey

I tend to arrange books by subject matter (biographies, travel, novels, poetry) and would probably do film/video the same way. Music by genre but that's tricky because I disagree with a lot of genre classifications, so why not alphabetical by artist?
Or do the whole lot by colour and size, for a visually pleasing arrangement. You'll get used to it and find stuff easily!

I use my own genre designatons rather than someone else's for that reason. It has to be how I think of it in order for me to find it. In some cases I don't even really have an adjective to describe the genre, but I'd put Liz Phair with Aimee Mann because I put them in the same group depending on how I feel when I want to listen to them. Jake Thackray and Jonathan Coulton would go together for me because their music is mainly about the story and lyrics for me.

So the genre should really be how it makes sense to you. Ravel would never go with Beethoven in classical because they are worlds apart. Ravel, Satie, Debussy, yes. Even Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart aren't really in the same category.

Carruthers · 09-19-2016, 09:51 AM

I have half a dozen or so, fairly broad, categories which are then sub-divided into size for the most efficient use of shelf space.
Eg. Cold War, Art, Wildlife, Modern British history etc. However, the biggest category is 'Everything else'.
Organising that section is a bit hit or miss and finding a particular book can be frustrating.

I use database software from Collectorz.com for both books and DVDs.
I bought a cheap supermarket type laser scanner for cataloguing.
Scan the ISBN bar code and an entry in your database is created.
Occasionally, recently published books might not be found but they can be added manually.

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Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I have half a dozen or so, fairly broad, categories which are then sub-divided into size for the most efficient use of shelf space. Eg. Cold War, Art, Wildlife, Modern British history etc. However, the biggest category is 'Everything else'. Organising that section is a bit hit or miss and finding a particular book can be frustrating. I use database software from Collectorz.com for both books and DVDs. I bought a cheap supermarket type laser scanner for cataloguing. Scan the ISBN bar code and an entry in your database is created. Occasionally, recently published books might not be found but they can be added manually. __________________

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