[Gllug] Alexandria and bar code scanners

[Bob Giles]

Caroline Ford wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2009, at 22:09, Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 8 Aug 2009, at 22:03, Bob Giles wrote:
>>     
>>> I was just wondering whether anyone has had any success using a bar
>>> code
>>> scanner to input ISBNs into Alexandria Book Collection Manager. The
>>> recommended scanner would appear to be the CueCat scanner but as far
>>> as
>>> I can ascertain, they have been out of production for years.
>>>       
>> Not familiar with that specific software but most people I know who
>> catalogue their books do so by holding up book covers / barcodes to a
>> webcam, and driving Delicious Library or similar that way.
>>     
>
> I just type in the ISBN. How many books do you actually have?
>
> Caroline 
>   
Caroline,

That's a valid point. I am not up to Tet's numbers yet, but a couple of 
thousand ISBNs. is a pain to type. Technology can be so much more fun!

Bob G.
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