My cue cat used to work in Alexandria, but update of Alexandria now does not (on Debian: there may be more recent Alexandria??). There seems to be some trouble with Alexandria code--other library programs work better; though default of Library of Congress has gaps. (WorldCat better). Any thoughts on this?
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send slug mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of slug digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Bar Code scanners (James Polley) > 2. Re: Bar Code scanners (John Clarke) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: James Polley <[email protected]> > To: Patrick Elliott-Brennan <[email protected]> > Cc: slug <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:24 +1000 > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bar Code scanners > You have an Android phone, right? > > http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/android-barcode-scanner/ > > That page has 6 lines of python that read the URL - but 2 of those are > turning it into a url and looking up the book on Google Books. All you want > to do is record the barcode, so you'll want to tweak that a little bit - > you probably just want to record the ISBNs to a text file and look up the > details later. > > GoodReads has an android app that not only does the scanning, it also > uploads your book list to their service that helps you track them - > > http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/281-announcing-barcode-scanner-in-the-goodreads-android-app > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Patrick Elliott-Brennan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've got to scan a whole collection of books (a couple of hundred at > least) > > and was wondering if anyone has any experience with those that do/don't > > work with Linux or know of another way I can scan the books? > > > > A loan of one would be good, if possible. > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: John Clarke <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:12:52 +1000 > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bar Code scanners > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 01:45:59PM +1200, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: > > > I've got to scan a whole collection of books (a couple of hundred at > least) > > and was wondering if anyone has any experience with those that do/don't > > work with Linux or know of another way I can scan the books? > > I have a CueCat scanner which I picked up via librarything.com a few years > ago. From memory it cost something like $15 including shipping. By > default > it prodces an encrypted bar code but it's pretty easy to disable this & get > clear text bar codes out of it. You can use it, and probably any other bar > code scanner, with a GNOME application called Alexandria to catalogue your > books. > > > A loan of one would be good, if possible. > > I only use mine intermittently so I'd be happy to lend it to you for a > week or two. Contact me via email if you want it. > > > Cheers, > > John > > -- > Just because I'm at work, doesn't mean I'm awake. > -- James Bialas > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
