[Noisebridge-discuss] On The Subject of Books

[Josh Myer]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 09:39:14AM -0700, J. Stella Anita Worley wrote:
> Observing all the recent discussions regarding books of late, and perceiving
> a need for a certain degree of tracking and organizing, would anyone be
> opposed to my cataloging the library?
> 
> I think something as simple as a LibraryThing
> <http://www.librarything.com/>account (which I will happily donate,
> and is easily exported into other
> formats) would go a long way in informing everyone of what's available when
> they're not actually in the space, and help with donations, duplications,
> etc.
> 
> My personal library is done in this way, organized by a Dewey number on the
> spine, and I've helped the Center for Sex and Culture set up their library
> as well.
> 
> I have a thing for barcode scanners, label makers and databases. Can you
> tell?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 

Awesome!

There's a CueCat on my shelf, which I'm happy to loan out for the
purpose of cataloging.  It's PS/2 on the end, but I'm pretty sure it's
compatible with a USB-PS/2 adapter.  I've got one of those if it's
needed, but not at the space.

That said, I'd rather not use Dewey when LCC is significantly more
open.  As a practical rationale, our entire library fits in a really
narrow band of 000, so labels would get kind of obscenely long.  I can
go more into it, but need to find some resources to make the argument
more convincing.

But, still, this would be awesome!  Let us know what logistical
support would be needed.
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