[Publib] Software for small personal library

[Library Rose]

I also use LibraryThing, but if your friend is a Mac user, she might want to
take a look at Delicious Library: http://www.delicious-monster.com/

It's extremely versatile - you can even use it to check items out to friends
listed in your address book.

Rose Lewis
Reference Services Supervisor

On 6/1/06, Miriam Bobkoff <mbobkoff at cybermesa.com> wrote:
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> >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?
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> >Thank you for your ideas,
> >Ruth Hayden
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> 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.
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> 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.
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