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HLM curating and storing

Home Library Management: Curating and Storing the Collection

A solution for managing your books before investing in more bookshelves. When the books overflow the shelves into piles on the floor, on every surface, ...
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Home Library Management: Weed out the M.U.S.T.Y. titles!

NOTE: This post is an expansion of the previous post, "Analyzing the Situation." If you feel like the MUSTY acronym is helpful for you or ...
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Home Library Management: Analyze the Situation

Home Library Management is a mini-series based on a presentation I originally gave to a homeschool group when I was a professional librarian years ago. These ...
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Home Library Management: Where do I begin?

Home Library Management is a mini-series based on a presentation I originally gave to a homeschool group when I was a professional librarian years ago. These ...
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Home Library Management: Heart Issues

Help! I have too many books! Is this a familiar concern? Of course you wouldn't want to blame the books. An abundant home library is ...
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books: burdens or blessings

Are Your Books Burdens or Blessings? (How to purge your home library collection to benefit others)

"How many bookshelf feet do you need?" This was my husband's question after I requested some more bookshelves. My response: "I can fill whatever you ...
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Building a Shakespeare Home Library Collection

When you want to enjoy Shakespeare with your children, you can either focus on one play at a time or spread a Shakespeare feast so ...
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Home Library Management: Heart Issues

Help, I have too many books! Even for a bibliophile, this is not only possible, it has been reality at our house. Lately the Lord ...
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