[Publib] Software for small personal library

[Miriam Bobkoff]

>A friend would like to organize and catalog a small, private, personal 
>collection (possibly between 1,000 and 1,500 books). Does anyone know of 
>(or better yet recommends) a reasonably-priced basic software cataloging 
>system?
>
>Thank you for your ideas,
>Ruth Hayden

I suggest that she take a look at LibraryThing.com  $25 for a lifetime 
membership (free for up to 200 books, so she can play with it and see if 
she likes it), it's fun, and it's getting new features all the time. 
Simultaneously developing as a cataloging tool (more and more libraries to 
snatch records from) and a social software environment. I thought I didn't 
care about the social aspects, but was soon hooked. Who else has this 
beloved book; what else do they have. Etc.

Right now LibraryThing has been thinking about the relationship between 
subject headings brought overwith the records and tags that members assign 
to the same books. It can only get more interesting over there.

Miriam Bobkoff                     work: mkbobkoff at santafenm.gov
Santa Fe Public Library            personal: mbobkoff at cybermesa.com
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Santa Fe, NM 87501
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