The Informed Life

Chiara Ogan on Personal Libraries

Aug 27, 2023

Former UX designer and information architect, Chiara Ogan, discusses organizing her personal library for a career change. Topics include physical vs. digital books, limitations of the Dewey decimal system, and different library classification schemes

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Chiara Ogan

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Quick takeaways

Chiara Ogan highlights the importance of considering the purpose and use of a book collection when organizing it.

Kiara advises individuals to align the organization of their book collections with their personal motivations and goals.

Deep dives

Kiara's career transition to become a mental health therapist

Kiara, a former UX designer and information architect, discusses her decision to leave her career and pursue a new path as a mental health therapist. She explains how her background in library science and user experience design has led her to this career change, as she seeks to bring compassion and ease suffering to others.

Introduction

2min

From User Experience Design to Therapy

7min

Organizing a Personal Library and the Preference for Physical Books

9min

The Dewey Decimal Classification System and its Shortcomings

5min

Pre-coordinate and Post-coordinate Systems in Libraries

2min

Classification Schemes in Libraries

17min

Living with Books and Wrapping Up

2min

Chiara Ogan is a former UX designer and information architect. She recently left that career to become a mental health therapist. Chiara’s background is in library science, and in this conversation, we discuss how she organizes her personal book collection — which she just did in preparation for this major life change.

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