Who spends time and money organizing 30+ years of old paper documents in a library?

Published on 4 July 2025 at 09:30

When your career is built not only on experience but also on education and training, keeping your “paper books” becomes more than just storage...

Well, I do! Let me tell you why.

 

When your career is built not only on experience but also on education and training, keeping your “paper books” becomes more than just storage—it is preserving a legacy. Especially when you come across a certificate of appreciation signed by four representatives—not one, four!—of your favorite professional organization. Or when you rediscover that your Level III UT training was led by someone who later became President of ASNT!

 

These documents and books hold sentimental and professional value. They tell the story of a career journey—one worth preserving.

 

In the photos, you will see the “before” and “after.” Once, this was just books in heavy boxes that traveled from my home country to the U.S.—then from Texas to Ohio and back to Texas, and now Florida. These “paper books” were organized and today they are handy, since they have found a permanent home in my professional library.

 

There is more: these “paper books” also contain my certification materials and records, as well as the structured method I have used to pass academic and certifications exams. Among them is a curated question bank of uncountable number of questions and solved problems.

 

In case of interest, contact me—I will soon be offering a novel approach to help individuals prepare for certification exams in a personalized way.

 

Thanks for reading!