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CrunchyMom
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Posted: Feb 24 2014 at 4:58am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
We just got new shelves for my school room, and I am finally How do you organize your science and nature books?

I am thinking of organizing all my physical science books using the categories from Nebel's Building Foundations of Scientific Learning.

But then, I would also like to start organizing my nature books by season so that I can be a bit more intentional in using and strewing them.

And of course, there is overlap.

I haven't not spent a lot of nitty-gritty time sorting books yet, but I wanted to hear what others do before I start. I'd like to get some book boxes to help since a lot of my science books are paperback and thin.

Anyway, I'm hoping that some of you with large home libraries have this figured out

I also recently came across phone app for organizing a classroom or school bookroom that has me inspired to finally start tackling my own inventory. I love how you can name your shelves and track location in addition to genre.

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Posted: Feb 25 2014 at 9:03pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
I organize by branch of science and then subdivide further within that. So, for example, I keep Life Science books together. From there, I keep bird books together, anatomy & phys. books together, trees together...etc. I do also organize by season for those books that are season specific. We have a nice collection of winter botany-based books, and those are all kept together.

Since I have a wide spectrum of ages, I also typically organize age levels within the science branch, too. I tend to shelve my upper level books on the left, and my younger-age-appropriate books further to the right, but regardless of the age/reading level, my primary manner of organization is science branch, not reading age. ALL Botany books are kept together - from high school to preschool.

Then, I use my labelmaker and label the shelves with the science branch (I don't label subheadings because I have too many) so it's easy to find books and easy to re-shelve.

Those book boxes seem like a neat idea for small collections...like organizing something like all the wildflowers field guides. Thanks for linking! And I like that they make use of the depths of the bookshelf, too! Good use of valuable shelf real estate.

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