Found on the floor at work, while I was walking in the stacks.
Spine
Tag: books
Walking in the Stacks
One thing I like about working in a library is walking in the stacks. But when you do that, you see things you cannot unsee. It’s a large library (ten floors!), and keeping everything in order is impossible. Students put books back on the shelves any which way.
Oversized books should usually be shelved with the spine down, to protect the spine and keep the fore edge of the covers from splaying out. And I don’t even know how people can shove a book back on the shelf so the bookend is inside the book. But I see it frequently.
Shelfie
A shelf of finished gluebooks and sketchbooks.
Spine
I am a horrible person who feels no pangs of regret when pulling spines off old books, to use in collage. But if I didn’t pull spines off books, you would never get to see the pretty stitching underneath.
The book’s pages will also be cut up and recycled.
Organizing Books
I finally organized the books I use for collage and found that I have an entire shelf of astronomy texts, several shelves of biology texts, and a half shelf of school yearbooks.
Also I have the world’s cutest spokesmodel.
Shelfie
Look, it’s not a dog!
Weekend Reading
It’s going to be another research weekend, starting with some light reading.
Shelfie
It’s library shelfie day. I totally failed at taking a photo at work, but luckily I brought half the library home with me.
Goodwill Haul
The last few times I’ve been to Goodwill, they haven’t had any books I wanted. Today I found a bunch.
I also saw, but did not buy(!), a bunch of 8-track tapes.
And bonus begface. Did you know that cute aggression is a real thing? I just want to squish him and nibble on his adorable ears.
Shelfie with Mack
I got Mack the hood ornament in a white elephant Christmas swap several years ago.
And one of a pair of old hand-painted folkart bookends I found at Goodwill. Kitschy-cute.
I spent the afternoon dusting and tidying up bookshelves. You can’t even tell that I did anything. Hmf.
red paper boat 