A sign of a properly assembled library is its relevance. Books should not stand on shelves as decorations. Their purpose is to broaden the horizons of the owners, bring pleasant emotions and encourage reflection. A good library is the pride of the hosts. It is collected and stored by several generations of the family.
Instruction manual
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Determine the place in the house where you plan to place the library. It will be a separate room or just a few shelves - it depends on your desire and capabilities. Books do not like direct sunlight, humid air and dust. They are best stored in glass cabinets made of wood. The volumes should not be placed too tight for books to "breathe."
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Audit your accumulated books, magazines, newspapers. Get rid of those publications that do not meet your tastes or are so battered that can not be restored. Sort the remaining books by topics: fiction, children's books, reference books and dictionaries, professional publications, books on home economics, cooking, gardening, computers, art albums, music books, etc. Give full annual sets of magazines to binding. Stick the newspaper clippings onto thick sheets of paper and put them in separate folders on topics.
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Arrange literature on shelves. Start with the largest part of your meeting. Most often in home libraries it is fiction. It must be divided by genre: Russian and foreign classics, poetry, detective story, science fiction, etc. Inside the genre, arrange books alphabetically for authors and titles. If there are not many books yet, you can place them simply in alphabetical order.
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Separately put reference books, books on your professional specialization, publications related to hobbies of family members, etc. Each section should be separated: start with a new shelf in the cabinet or stand out with a special separator. Children's books can be placed in the child’s room - it will be a "branch" of the library.
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Refill your home library regularly. First of all, you should buy high-quality editions of classical literature and your favorite works of art. Do not focus solely on the school curriculum. Explore on the Internet the lists of winners of world literary prizes, the recommendations of critics, and the lists of books that must be read by students of humanitarian faculties of leading universities.
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Be sure to purchase high-quality reference publications: explanatory dictionary of the Russian language, spelling dictionary of the Russian language, explanatory dictionary of foreign words, a detailed geographical atlas of the world, encyclopedic publications in various fields of knowledge. These books will help you more than once and will be useful to your children.
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A useful acquisition will be popular science publications in various fields of knowledge: physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc. In them, as a rule, in an accessible language they talk about the general principles of a particular science, interesting facts are given. These books can be used to supplement basic and professional knowledge.
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If you or your family members have a long-standing passion, replenish the library with publications about it. For example, you like to take pictures, then buy books on the art of photography. If you are an avid tourist, it will be useful and pleasant for you to have illustrated publications on active types of recreation.
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The presence in the home library of albums with reproductions of the works of painters, graphic artists, sculptors of various historical eras will enrich your artistic knowledge. Looking at these publications with your children, you can unobtrusively introduce them to the world of art.
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Make it a rule to mark all books with a special sign - bookplate. It can be bought in the store and adapted to your taste or made independently. Bookplate will not let your book get lost among friends and acquaintances who have taken it to read. In addition, the presence of a special book sign will become a good family tradition, will increase interest and respect for the book in children.
Useful advice
Tell your friends and colleagues about your intention to build a library. Tell me which publications you are looking for. Perhaps they will give these books to you on your next birthday.
