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Solving the Home Library Problem?

zgrossbart asks: "My wife and I have about 3,500 books. We can't find anything. All the books are in random order. We want to find a solution for organizing our books. We have a barcode scanner, but I'm not sure the best way to use it. I want a solution that is easy to maintain going forward and makes books easy to find. I also want the data in an open format. I'm think about using MySQL right now, but I'm open to other suggestions. What software do other people use to organize their home libraries?"

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  1. Re:Throwing it ALL away... by DPJohnny+Canuck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The person could have donated the books to the Salvation Army or a Thrift Store, or sold them to a used bookstore. Your response, however was spoken like a true extremist.

    Must be a paid up Slashdotter!

  2. Re:Government Solution! by workindev · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, I mean "Will stoop to absolutely anything to achieve his goals".

    Or "Will be accused by his opponents of stooping to absolutely anything to achieve his goals". The only political dirty trick he has been "convicted" for was a college prank when he was 19, and he has since apologized for it. But considering the track record of Democratic candidates that have opposed politicians that Rove advised of the past 3 decades, it's no wonder you guys keep trying to make stuff up to bring him down. His legend must be bigger than Sasquatch in liberal circles.

    I'd have exactly the same problems with the guy if he agreed with me politically, and used the same tactics to achieve his agenda.

    So, you have problems with 95% of all politicians world wide. Funny, I didn't see you claiming that they have "black hearts".

    But thanks for the integrity check, Skippy!

    No problem. Somebody has to keep reminding left wingers that it is "innocent until proven guilty" and not "innocent until he kicks our butts at the polls so we have to make up stuff to try and bring him down".