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Been there... since my library is now a little over a thousand physical books, and in multiple languages. If you have a Mac, get a copy of Delicious Library (h
by cik 7y ago
Been there... since my library is now a little over a thousand physical books, and in multiple languages.
If you have a Mac, get a copy of Delicious Library (https://www.delicious-monster.com/ https://www.delicious-monster.com/) and a compatible barcode scanner, like the Flic.
If you have an Android phone, and you're happy with dealing with your phone and CSV export, you'll probably be okay with Libib (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.libib.app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.libib.app).
The biggest issue is that there are tonnes of books (especially if like me you have older ones) that predate ISBN. That kinda sucks - but it's life.
- gshdg 7y agoA lot of the older ones can be looked up by their Library of Congress number, IIRC from digitizing and barcoding a school library’s catalog a couple decades ago. FWIW, that effort took a half dozen people about 3 months for somewhere on the order of 50,000 books.
- cik 7y ago100%. But given that I want automatically - the barcode scanner integration with varying tools just doesn't do it. The flip side is that I have books in English, French, Hebrew, and Arabic. The religious Hebrew books don't have ISBNs, unless they came from a North American publisher. The same is true of the Arabic books I have. The French on the other hand went ISBN furiously - or at least enough that it scans true :)
- gshdg 7y agoWhat percentage of each? It sounds like this book barn could use some organization in general, and sorting by language might be a good first step. Then you can scan the English and French as lower hanging fruit, and maybe recruit extra help to deal with the Hebrew and Arabic manually, or something?