tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501444543696395573.post3430912041645983637..comments2023-08-22T04:52:21.984-05:00Comments on An Arrow Through The Air: Truncating the LibraryDavid A. Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825539283421597579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501444543696395573.post-71189220780595984992011-06-03T09:25:49.032-05:002011-06-03T09:25:49.032-05:00I agree with you on it being exhausting, Gary.
It...I agree with you on it being exhausting, Gary.<br /><br />It's done. Or rather, it's done enough. Our library has 132 shelves. We had materials on about 125 of them. We now have material on 47, with 85 empty. With more work I could probably shrink it down to 30 to 35 shelves, but I've run out of time.David A. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825539283421597579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501444543696395573.post-72110457413286692592011-06-03T08:47:40.873-05:002011-06-03T08:47:40.873-05:00Took me a week last year to reduce my office paper...Took me a week last year to reduce my office paper archives to about 20 percent of the volume. Had to check over a thousand folders for private information and separate into shredding and recycling piles, plus decide what to keep. Exhausting.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501444543696395573.post-41026542755094869442011-06-02T12:47:45.673-05:002011-06-02T12:47:45.673-05:00Have cleared out approximately 30 shelves. Lots of...Have cleared out approximately 30 shelves. Lots of stuff set aside for recycling. Other stuff to the dumpster. About to get back at it. Fifteen to twenty shelves to go.David A. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825539283421597579noreply@blogger.com