I Must Have Been a Librarian in a Former Life!

Having been off work for the past little while, I had a lot of time to do one of my most favourite things to do in the whole entire world...shop for books! My husband thinks I have an addiction, because I CANNOT walk past a thrift store without checking out the children's book section.  I know!...I get almost giddy when I find, 'like new', Horrible Harry, Secrets of Droon, or Magic School Bus books for like, 50¢ or <gasp> 25¢. 

Of course, this means I now have to 'process' all of them...and because I'm a bit anal when it comes to my class library, it involves a number of steps for each book:

1. Find the Guided reading level
2. Put the corresponding colour code on the back of the book
3. Put a label on the back indicating which basket the book will go into
4. Print up a 'library card' for each book that will go into the pocket I affix to the inside front cover of each book
5. Scan each book into my database with my new scanner! 

   

   I heart my scanner!

   I'm going to be a very busy lady over the next few days as I work my way through the collection!...Oh, joy!