Happy birthday to Laura!
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That sounds like a fun project. The Dewey Decimal system would create some kind of order. I wonder if you could create just as good or a better a system using your own categories? The Dewey Decimal system is just one arbitrary subject classification of many possible ones, possibly it might encapsulate prejudices of "orthodox" history.
For example, I looked up three books that I had shelved together as they are all on a similar subject matter.
"Chariots of the Gods" by Erich von Daniken had a Dewey number of 001.9, which is the Dewey classification for "Knowledge: Controversial Knowledge".
"Did Spacemen Colonise the Earth?" by Robin Collyns was also 001.9.
a third book on pretty much the same subject however was:
"The Bible and Flying Saucers" by Barry H. Downing, which had a Dewey classification of 220.6 for "Bible: Interpretation and Criticism (Exegesis)".
A second example, two books on the subject of advanced human civilizations being older than the conventionally accepted 6,000 - 10,000 years or so:
"Forbidden Archaeology" by Cremo had a Dewey classification in the Library of Congress of 573.2 representing "Specific Physiological Systems in Animals: Respiratory System" ???
while on the copyright page of the book itself it had 573.3 which represents ""Specific Physiological Systems in Animals: Digestive System" ???
while
"Eternal Man" by Louis Pauwels & Jacques Bergier had a Dewey classification of 913.03 for "Geography and Travel: Geography and Travel in the Ancient World"
As well as classifying by subject, you could also for example base it around significant authors, e.g. you could have all of Castaneda's books arranged in chronological order, and next to them the books about Castaneda's works by Richard De Mille and Jay Courtney Fikes.
Laura said:
That sounds like a fun project. The Dewey Decimal system would create some kind of order. I wonder if you could create just as good or a better a system using your own categories? The Dewey Decimal system is just one arbitrary subject classification of many possible ones, possibly it might encapsulate prejudices of "orthodox" history.
For example, I looked up three books that I had shelved together as they are all on a similar subject matter.
"Chariots of the Gods" by Erich von Daniken had a Dewey number of 001.9, which is the Dewey classification for "Knowledge: Controversial Knowledge".
"Did Spacemen Colonise the Earth?" by Robin Collyns was also 001.9.
a third book on pretty much the same subject however was:
"The Bible and Flying Saucers" by Barry H. Downing, which had a Dewey classification of 220.6 for "Bible: Interpretation and Criticism (Exegesis)".
A second example, two books on the subject of advanced human civilizations being older than the conventionally accepted 6,000 - 10,000 years or so:
"Forbidden Archaeology" by Cremo had a Dewey classification in the Library of Congress of 573.2 representing "Specific Physiological Systems in Animals: Respiratory System" ???
while on the copyright page of the book itself it had 573.3 which represents ""Specific Physiological Systems in Animals: Digestive System" ???
while
"Eternal Man" by Louis Pauwels & Jacques Bergier had a Dewey classification of 913.03 for "Geography and Travel: Geography and Travel in the Ancient World"
As well as classifying by subject, you could also for example base it around significant authors, e.g. you could have all of Castaneda's books arranged in chronological order, and next to them the books about Castaneda's works by Richard De Mille and Jay Courtney Fikes.
The chocolate mousse is done and in the fridge and now I'll rest a bit and read and make notes from "The Fragments of the Roman Historians". Three fat volumes... over 2000 pages including history and commentary. I have a ways to go.
By the way, I had to go to the optometrist yesterday to get a stronger pair of reading glasses so I'm making do with my spare pair right now (re-using the frames of the other pair so had to turn them in).
Mal7, interestingly I find that my "genre" classification system comes pretty close to Dewey though I don't alphabetize within sections since I don't have enough to make that useful.
Like you, though, I put all the books with UFOs in them together whether case studies or relating them to the Bible. So, that might be iffy when I get to that section!
By the way, I had to go to the optometrist yesterday to get a stronger pair of reading glasses so I'm making do with my spare pair right now (re-using the frames of the other pair so had to turn them in).
Mal7, interestingly I find that my "genre" classification system comes pretty close to Dewey though I don't alphabetize within sections since I don't have enough to make that useful.
Like you, though, I put all the books with UFOs in them together whether case studies or relating them to the Bible. So, that might be iffy when I get to that section!
On second thoughts it is probably more important just to have some kind of location field in the database. A Dewey number would be perfectly useful as a location field for finding where the book is. As long as there is a location field, the books could even be randomly arranged and you could still find them, though the random arrangement would not be as amenable as a Dewey arrangement.
Nancy2feathers
The Living Force
Happy Birthday, Laura! Hope you have a wonderful day! Make a wish! :D 
FutureIsBright
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Happy birthday 
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