[Q&A] What library software is low cost and effective for use with scanners?

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prchvs on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 2:08pm

Does anyone use any kind of library software along with scanners? Just curious if there is anything out there that is free (or relatively low cost), effective, and efficient. I've just gone through all the books in our library trying to make sure the titles were all located and correct - they weren't by a long shot - we're missing over 45 items ... (small library - this is a lot!).

Anyway, any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Renée

Jane Schuyler on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 8:43pm

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Renee:

Check out Neil MacQueen's site for a listing of Library software and his article about "putting your church library online (for free):

http://www.sundaysoftware.com/accounti.htm

You may also find help at the Church and Synagogue Library Association site:

http://cslainfo.org/index.php

National Church Library Association:

http://www.churchlibraries.org/

Best wishes with the library!

Jane

bill.hanchett on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 7:57am

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Renee,

We successfully used www.gurulib.com to put our library contents online. If you are interested, I can put you in touch with someone who has used this free online software more extensively, including using a handheld scanner to input book titles into the library. For a quick peek at what the software does, look at www.gurulib.com/immanuelcrc to view the contents of our church library!

Bill