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Honestly? I have about 5,000 books. I just sat down with a spreadsheet and entered the particulars for every one like any librarian in existence over the last
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Honestly?
I have about 5,000 books. I just sat down with a spreadsheet and entered the particulars for every one like any librarian in existence over the last 2000 years would do. I did this over a few months with 1-8 hours of effort in a burst.
A lot of things still have no quick and automated solution.
When I'm doing accounting and financial analysis, it's still primarily a numbers grind of data entry, cross checking and analysis.
- hoten 5y agoLibrarians use bar code scanners today, not spreadsheets.
- danielam 5y agoThe two are not mutually exclusive. For example, I use a very simple barcode scanning app[0] that exports to CSV. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reading-list-book-tracker/id1217139955 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reading-list-book-tracker/id12...