Getting down to work

We're settled into our tico homes: two of us in one spot, two of us in another, and me in yet a third--all of us having our own adventures in the evening, but those will have to be other blogs for each to create on their own. :)

Here I want to show you the work.  The library has 18,000 books in the general collection. However, there are 3,000+ more books that have just been stashed in boxes and in rooms for the last few years. (The main challenge in this project is that until this past May, there has not been a librarian active for several years). So Tattiana, after she gave us an excellent orientation to the library and its corners, has us starting with this one room of mixed books. In particular, we are pulling out those that should go into Special Collections--books of artistic or unique value and all those in age up to 1935.  (I'll share some photos of those at the bottom here.)

Here are some photos of the before situation:

 
  

And here are some photos of us working:

And a few pictures of how it's turning out and some of the unique books we have found.