[Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog

[Sharon Foster]

LibraryThing was my first thought, and it will accept ISBNs. LT has
organized several cataloging blitzes for organizations like the one
you describe.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Technology Librarian
http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/
"Have you tried switching it off and on again?"




On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman <slzimm1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (Please excuse cross-postings)
>
> One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small
> library at a local Youth Intervention Center.  Here's what she is asking...
>
> "As part of the grant we’re receiving from United Way, we’ve agreed to
> organize the YIC library.  We were hoping to create documentation of
> everything the YIC owns.  Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our
> own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there…  I
> have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious – where
> you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title,
> author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes.  Do
> you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, but
> with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books?  Like
> perhaps we could scan ISBN’s and it would bring up all the information into
> a program?  We would use this information to make quality book purchases for
> the future – by seeing what topics we need more of and so on…"
>
> I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books
> in which would save a lot of time.  Does anyone know of any free or low cost
> way to do such a thing?
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stephanie Zimmerman
> Training Coordinator
> Library System of Lancaster County
> 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107
> Lancaster PA  17601
> phone:  717.207.0500 x 1281
> fax:  717.207.0504
> email:  szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org
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