The Home Library Problem Solved

Zack Grossbart writes "About 18 months ago I posted the following question to Ask Slashdot: 'How do you organize a home library with 3,500 books?' I have read all the responses, reviewed most of the available software, and come up with a good solution described in the article The Library Problem. This article discusses various cataloging schemes, reviews cheap barcode scanners, and outlines a complete solution for organizing your home library. Now you can see an Ask Slashdot question with a definitive answer."

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don't be selfish- give to your library

[cbc1920]

In these days of scarce resources, having a personal library, unless they are of historical, professional, or sentimental value, is selfish. Donate your books to a local library and let professionals do the organizing and lending. You will never have more books than a real library, so why try? Dead tree books are incredibly wasteful when they are only read once or twice. Yes, you may loan them to your friends, but there's no way your personal network of friends will rival the reading power of the visitors to a public library.

Re:Microvision's software as an alternative?

[denis-The-menace]

I wouldn't buy a thing from this DRM company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_prevention#Copy_protection_for_videotape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrovision#Technology_Details