I have always loved reading, and through e-books caught my eye for a short period of time, I still prefer physical books for personal and professional use. At home, a novel on the bed stand is more likely to be noticed, picked up and read than hidden in an app on my phone. While at school, the holding of a picture book acts as a signal for listening with calm bodies, unlike a screen that flashes. However, time and time again I have found myself frantically searching through piles to locate the book that will tie together my lesson the next day. So, for March Break this year I started a project to organize and catalogue the books. The estimated time was one day, but I find myself three days later still plodding through with a growing sense of accomplishment. Happily revisiting books that I had forgotten, removing the less-appropriate basement donations and identifying the books I had planned to read but lost track of years ago. I had tried this once before in the past but manually inputting book information ended that attempt quickly. Fortunately, this time I located Libib.com, a website and app that can use barcode, ISBN or title search to identify the book and fill in the details automatically. I've only had to manually add five books so far because they were too old (my grandparent's books as children) to be in the database. Meanwhile using the same labels as the Ulaajuk Public School library project, I've categorized picture books into key themes (tagged in the catalogue as well) and novels by author's last names. Simple compared to usual libraries but productive for the size and use. Still not sure how to handle teaching resources, perhaps that will be left for the summer.
And so I present my collection of literature..... jlusher.libib.com/
And so I present my collection of literature..... jlusher.libib.com/