METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND INVENTORYING LIBRARY MATERIALS

• US 20090266888A1
• Filed: 04/23/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mary Mccarthy
• Original Assignee: Mary Mccarthy
• Inventors: McCarthy, Mary
• Application Number:
  US12/107,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20090266888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A method for simple organization, classification, and inventory of library materials includes the steps of naming the sections of the collection with a word descriptor, creating a color code whereby various styles of library materials are each assigned a unique color, creating an icon code whereby various genres of library materials are each assigned a unique icon, and providing a plurality of library material receptacles, each receptacle sized to store a portion of said library materials. Each receptacle is assigned a unique style and genre combination, and a label is attached onto the receptacle having a word descriptor, the unique style color code and genre icon combination prominently displayed. Each library material is then assigned a style and genre combination, and a label having the word descriptor, style color code and genre icon is attached onto said receptacle. Finally, each library material is placed in a receptacle where the label on the library material of a word descriptor, a color code and an icon matches a label on the receptacle of a word descriptor, a color code and an icon.

Claims

1. A method for simple organization, classification, and inventory of library materials comprising the steps of:

creating a color code whereby various types of library materials are each assigned a unique color;

creating an icon code whereby various types of library materials are each assigned a unique icon;

providing a plurality of library material receptacles, each receptacle sized to store a portion of said library materials;

assigning each receptacle a unique type, and attaching a label onto said receptacle having the unique type'"'"'s unique color code and unique icon combination prominently displayed;

assigning each library material a unique type, and attaching a label onto said receptacle having the unique type'"'"'s unique color code and unique icon;

placing each library material in a receptacle where the label on the library material of a color code and icon matches a label on the receptacle of a color code and icon.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of inventorying specific type library materials by visually inspecting the various receptacles and adjusting inventory based on said visual inspection.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of creating an icon code whereby various languages of library materials are each assigned a unique icon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receptacle is open ended and stackable.

5. The method of claim 1, where each receptacle itself has a color designating a reading level for library materials in said receptacle.

6. The method of claim 1, where each receptacle has a color designating a specified location for the receptacle.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising assigning a unique word descriptor to a unique type of library material, and assigning said unique word descriptor to said label on said library material and said label on said receptacle.

8. A method for simple organization, classification, and inventory of a collection of children'"'"'s library books having multiple genres and styles of books within the collection, comprising the steps of:

determining a total number of types of children'"'"'s library books in the collection;

creating a color code of colors where the code includes a number of colors matching the total number of types of children'"'"'s library books in the collection, and assigning one color among the number of colors for each type of children'"'"'s library books;

creating a pictorial icon code of pictorial icons where the pictorial icon code includes a number of pictorial icons matching the number of types of children'"'"'s library books in the collection, and assigning one pictorial icon among the number of pictorial icons for each type of children'"'"'s library books;

providing a plurality of children'"'"'s library book baskets, each children'"'"'s library book basket sized to hold a plurality of the children'"'"'s library books;

assigning each children'"'"'s library book basket a type, where each children'"'"'s library book basket is assigned a unique combination of color code and pictorial icon;

attaching a physical label to said children'"'"'s library book basket where the physical label displays a word descriptor, the assigned color code, and the assigned pictorial icon combination thereon;

determining for each children'"'"'s library book in said collection a type;

attaching a physical label to said each children'"'"'s library book where the physical label displays a word descriptor, the color assigned to the determined type and pictorial icon assigned to the determined type; and

placing each children'"'"'s library book in a children'"'"'s library book basket where the physical label on the children'"'"'s library book matches the physical label on the children'"'"'s library book basket.

9. A kit for organizing children'"'"'s books comprising:

a plurality of open ended receptacles for retaining a plurality of children'"'"'s books therein;

a plurality of receptacle decals each sized to be affixed to one of said plurality of receptacles, the receptacle decals displaying a word descriptor of the books retained in said receptacle, a color code corresponding to a type of book retained in said receptacle, and a graphical icon corresponding to a type of the books retained in said receptacle;

a plurality of book decals to be affixed to said children'"'"'s books, each said book decal including a word descriptor corresponding to the type of book to which the book decal is attached, a color code associated with the type of the book to which the book decal is attached, and a graphical icon associated with the type of said book to which the book decal is attached; and

a display placard identifying a each combination of word descriptor, color code, and icon assigned to a book and a receptacle.