Actually, it all started with the search for a pencil. Now, everyone has a pencil somewhere in his/her home. It is also true that he or she can never find that pencil when (s)he needs it. (In an era of hypertext, the act of handwriting is falling by the wayside. In light of this, why on earth was I trying to write anything, anyway? But I digress.) So I couldn't find a pencil. And it occurred to me that I could catalog my pencil and then I'd always be able to find it... or its metadata, anyway. So, if I create a record for my pencil and update it regularly (when it has been checked out and to whom, location, that sort of thing), then, in theory, I'll never again lose said pencil. Yes. I think this may work.
So, here goes:
No. 2 : HB /
by Musgrave, James.
Shelbyville, Tenn: Musgrave Pencil Company, 1916.
Description: 19 cm. : eraser : sharpened.
Summary: Yellow, useful, perpetually missing. A graphite core surrounded by cedar.
Copy/Holding Information
Location: desk drawer
Collection: office supplies
Status: lost
Call No.: 2
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