Alice

For example, a paperback copy of R.L. Stein's "Stay Out of the Basement" from 1992 would likely be labelled as "1992.EN.PB.R.STEIN.2" or "1992.3.2.R.STEIN.2"

This label contains the year of publication or copyright, language or language number, format or format number, author first initial and abbreviated last name (the first 5 letters) followed by an optional order or volume number for your convenience.

Language Numbers (as of 2026) (this is ordered based the current most spoken languages)

0 = Misc / other (use these numbers or abbreviate the language name accordingly into 2 distinguishable letters)

1 = Mandarin Chinese

2 = Spanish

3 = English

4 = Hindi

5 = Portuguese

6 = Bengali

7 = Russian

8 =Japanese

9 = Western Punjabi

Format Numbers (as of 2026)

0 = Misc / other (CDs will be labelled as CD)

1 = Hardcover (HC)

2 = Paperback (PB)

3 = Loose leaves (LL)

There may inevitably be some changes made to this, but as of now, this appears to be the most useful way of organizing books within my personal library. I like to call this system the "Gwen Method" or "Alice Rhythm".