tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857771.post7585396727778515756..comments2023-09-24T13:09:03.172+01:00Comments on Carol's Blog: Monday, Monday - and I am one step further down the road to old fogeydomSpindlers2http://www.blogger.com/profile/18391437211767303805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857771.post-64039086544419094152009-04-27T23:18:00.000+01:002009-04-27T23:18:00.000+01:00Hi Carol, my first job was in the school library ...Hi Carol, my first job was in the school library at lunchtimes, my second job was (age 16) Saturday a.m. in the public library... I knew my Dewey numbers by heart and love the system.<br /><br />If it's any solace to you, I found the Lancashire Libraries catalogue online, http://lclcat.lancashire.gov.uk/TalisPrism/advancedSearch.do;jsessionid=648E7D1EFC3DC10E50C51251DBC7166F.worker1?and if you go to the bottom of the advanced search page where it says "browse a list" one of the list options is classification, so you can search by Dewey number. You know the old "use it or loose it slogan"? Let's use Dewey!!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857771.post-65224881622107450942009-04-27T21:06:00.000+01:002009-04-27T21:06:00.000+01:00I am so totally there with you about the "moderniz...I am so totally there with you about the "modernization" of libraries! Ack.<br /><br />Our local used bookstore is a gem, though. Between Silk and Cyanide hopped off the shelves into my hands yesterday when DD was leafing through some Dickens and cute little Japanese versions of Clancy's books. They even have sections for gothics and Regencies...<br /><br />Hibiscus flowers as dyestuff? I have a beautiful deeeeeep red hibiscus covered in blossoms. What's the procedure?beadlizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345991066699824794noreply@blogger.com