catalogue and organize my library

Yeah, yeah, I know . . . but I started one evening thinking I’d just whip up a quick MySQL database in an hour or so and start popping books in.

And I did it.

Until I came to a book with two authors.

sigh

I almost added another column, then I realised how stupid that would be and added an “authors” table.

Which helped me exactly zilch when I got to a book with an editor and two authors.

Then I discovered MARC, and saw a bit bigger of a task before me.

That was a year and a half ago. Maybe someday I’ll have my catalogue written so I can start filling it. grin

Audrey Wood

Using Library Thing to catalogue. Organizing books by Grade/Age, then I’ll organize by topic.

I have librarything and have even tried a few others. They are really great for catalogueing but I have no idea which way would be best to actually organize the books so I can easily find them.

I love librarything.com.

I have a lot of my collection added straight from memory from just being able to search through and click on the ones I know I have. It’s been great. I have 125 books (out of 500+) in that list and just need to sit down one day and crank through them. Woo.

If you haven’t checked out LibraryThing yet, you should. :)

I added my books to librarything.com a few months ago. It is very nice to be able to double-check from work whether I already have a particular book at home.

I Love it! my whole library is catalogued on my computer-better back it up! it would suck if i did all that and then i lost it, eh? but yeah-totally worth it, and i feel better about my life. sad but true.

i have one more book shelf to do, and i’m finished! whew! this is taking longer than i thought. one problem i’ve encountered—the more i put in Delicious Library, the frequency of the damn thing crashing! it’s getting annoying actually. i heard that this happens when your library starts getting full. i’m giving it a rest for today and try again some other time, but i’m hoping that it’s just that the application is tired. is it possible for applications to be tired? oh well!

... because the books seem to be able to multiply. We did do some basic organization during our move, though. And I’ve started inputting some of the titles into my latest online addiction, LibraryThing. (I use Allconsuming.net too, though for books I’ve read as well as those we own.)

I’m going through and boxing my books in preparation for moving, and inputting the data into Delicious Library as I go along. I intend to upload all the library data to LibraryThing once I’m reasonably up-to-date.

EDIT: Actually, I think I’m going to use LibraryThing exclusively from now on.