Phase I finally complete, but much more to complete the job

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Well, the last of the books in Phase I have been moved and put in place. Now it is time to move on to Phase II which involves the moving of thousands and thousands of books. In Phase I we moved all the reference books to new shelving and then moved all the books from 280 to 299 in the Dewey Decimal system. I realize this a rather meaningless thing to say as it really gives no indication of how many books we moved in Phase I. Reference takes 36 sections of shelving and that translates into 216 of book shelves. The section from 280 to 299 takes up 56 sections of shelving or 336 shelves of books. My guess is there are about 40 books per shelf, but I have not and am not going to count a bunch of shelves to determine an accurate average.

This opened up shelving to reshuffle all the books from 200 to 279.99 and opens up space for the addition of new books as they are added to the library. This translates into 220 sections of shelving or 1320 book shelves. Folks, that is a lot of books to move. But I figure we are getting good cardiovascular exercise by moving the books. Usually there are between twenty and forty books added a week. That number of books eats up shelf space quite fast.

Here is a sample of books being added this week:

Help My Unbelief by Fleming Rutledge
The Ancient Orient: an introduction to the study of the ancient Near East by Wolfram von Soden
Callings: Twenty centures of Christian wisdom on vocation by William C. Placher
A Short Systematic Theology by Paul F.M. Zahl
Resurrecting Excellence: shaping faithful Christian ministry by L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong
The Faith of the Christian Church: an introduction to theology by Tyron Inbody
God, Reason and Theistic Proofs by Stephen T. Davis
Trinity, Time and Church: a response to the theology of Robert W. Jenson edited by Colin E. Gunton
Faith and Understanding by Paul Helm
The Fabric of Theology: a prolegomenon of evangelical theology by Richard Lints

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