Well before digital cameras, I was much more organized since it was just the hard copy photos...which are in photo albums..I must have 1 large box of just albums.

A few yrs. ago, I removed some photos from the self-adhesive backed albums. You know why? The glue will permeate and destroy the preservation of the photo itself. it's a well-known fact among librarians and archivists.

So in addition to the boxed stuff (primarily trip photos, not worth dismantling), I have envelopes of photos. Plus more photo albums with slip-in plastic sleeves that have more valuable photos of family. Plus some packages of photos I still haven't put into albums. I have a few enlargements (scenery from bike trips), that could be framed but haven't done it. Enlargements have been around for past decade.

I do have a very valuable album which I've set aside 2-4 album pages per family member. There are photos for the family members that tracks their physical changes over the decades. It takes awhile to develop such an album but worth it...by giving photographic highlights per person's lifespan.

Plus the digitial photos, about 40% of mine on my computer and remaining 60% on his computer. Plus a couple of DVDs and CDs with burned photos. We have approx. 5,000 personal digital photos. he has an additional 5-10,000 digital photos that are more on cycling stuff that he uses for volunteer work and for his business. It really is a serious library of stuff..since it's part of his "research" whenever we travel by bike, he checks out the cycling route facilities.

If this isn't a reflection of technological generational problems in organizing, then I don't know how else to name this mess.

Being librarian, doesn't mean I transfer my skill set into the personal sphere.