This year, National Friends of Libraries Week falls on October 18–24, which makes this great month to clear out books for donation to Friends of the Multnomah County Library. But how do you decide which titles to part with and which to keep? A post from Root Simple describes a method of triage that may work…

The book was released to the universe if:

• I had read it and absorbed the information
• The library has a copy
• It does not give me joy
• I don’t think I’ll ever read it
• My interests have changed
• I read part but don’t think I’ll read the rest

I kept the book if:

• It’s a volume I refer to for reference on a regular basis
• It gives me joy
• It’s especially beautiful as an object (only one or two books actually ended up in this category–I’m not a book collector)
• I really intend to read it
• I want to re-read it

Once you’ve freed up all that space, it’s time to… hit the Fall Used Book Sale?!