How do I re-order albums in my library

In my itunes Library I have a few CD series' that I have uploaded from my CD collection. When I uploaded them, itunes put them in a random order. I want to put them in numerical order - ie - volume 1 then volume 2, 3, 4 and so on. Instead itunes has jumbled them up into a random order - 3, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4 and so on.
This means that they are also in a jumbled up order when I transfer the albums to my ipod touch.
You can't drag and drop, so I don't know how to sort this out, or even if you can.
I have tried numbering the albums, but this means that on my ipod they will be put right at the bottom of my albums list instead of under the letter in which the album name begins with!
Please can anyone help - this issue is driving me insane!

With iPhoto 6 you can place the source files, i.e. exported the full sized files for those albums you want to share, in appropriately names folders in the Shared folder. Then have each user create an new library with iPhoto's alias mode, i.e. create alias files of the source files instead of copying the a full sized version into the library. This way each of the other users can have a working library and you only have to have one copy of each file on the HD. Saves a lot of space. Any edits that one user performs will not be seen by the other users. If a user delete a photo from their library only the alias files is deleted. The source files are untouched.
The downside to this method is if you add a file(s) to the Shared folder each of the other users will have to import that file into their own library. An easy way around that is to always put new photos in new folders and let the others know there are new ones to import. You could also divide your library up into to two, keeping your work library a conventional one and removing the "shared" source photos and have a similar alias based library for the personal photos that are in the Shared folder. Then use iPhoto Library Manager or iPhoto Buddy to quickly switch between the two. I have 7 libraries that I use iPLM to switch between. It's very convenient and fast. If you want to convert over entirely to an alias system, both work and personal, here's a way to retain the keywords you've assigned to them. See tutorial #2 here.
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