On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:46 AM, Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 13:33 25/02/2006, you wrote:
Yeh, I promised myself for years too, then a friend told me about
librarything. So I'm slowly going through my library and writing
the ISBN numbers on a pad for 20 -30 books at a time, shelf by
shelf. With all the resources that Librarything can access, it's
really not too bad. The books without ISBN do take a little bit
longer, but I still rarely have to enter all the info.
Beth
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:24:29 -0800
From: Joan Jurancich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Not yet. I've been telling myself for years that I need to do
something like this. But I'll definitely need a lifetime membership
:-D. Thanks for sharing the site.
Could someone please explain the point of listing one's books? I'm
afraid I don't see the point. Mine are all on shelves in my
workroom. I know what they are, and where they are. Why would I
need to list them? (More time I haven't got anyway!)
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but for me, after the _second_
time I bought a second copy of a $100 book because I'd forgotten that
I already owned it, I started carrying my book list file around on my
Palm Pilot. I simply can't remember 4000 books individually, and the
matter becomes more complicated when I know I've had a particular
book in my hands but can't remember if it was a library copy, a copy
in a bookstore that I decided I couldn't buy at the time, or a copy
on my own shelves.
I use an ordinary Excel spreadsheet -- I'd been entering books into
it for years already when I got the software to put it on my Palm.
One of the motivations for setting up the electronic file (other than
simply having a catalog for documentary purposes, e.g., in case of
loss) was having a convenient file for pulling citations from when
creating bibliographies. At the time, I was doing SCA heraldic
commentary and was throwing together an extensive list of citations
for my commentary letters every month.
Different parts of the library got entered into the file at different
times, based on usage. It helped that around the time I was getting
serious about it, I had a move that was leisurely and stress-free
enough that I could catalog the books as I packed them. There are
still a few parts of my library that haven't been catalogued
(especially the sheet music) and when I do a major bookshelf
reorganization this year I should probably do a formal shelf-check as
well.
As someone else noted, it's also a convenient place to keep track of
who you've lent books out to and whether they've come back.
Heather
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