Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The 6-Year Old Librarian

When I was about 6-years old, I decided I was going to run a library out of my closet. I was reminded of this the other day, when, as I was unpacking some of my books that had been in storage, I came across two Little Golden Books with spine labels displaying "call numbers." Additionally, in one I found part of an index card pasted (!) in the front — obviously for the due date.


I believe I have deciphered (most of) my "call number" scheme: the "CB" probably stands for "Children's Book" and following two digits are from a small number on the cover, finally the "GB" stands for "Golden Book". The rest of the characters are a bit of a mystery.