Does it require a bar code scanner?

On 5/21/07, Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> For years our company has been buying books from Amazon (and local
> universities' library book sales), so we now have quite a few of them. Up
> until now, we've been using Excel to enter new books, and to check the books
> in and out of the library. While this method worked well at the beginning,
> the library becomes more difficult to manage as we add more books to it.
>
> I suppose I could use this as an opportunity to sharpen my Delphi skills,
> but I would hate to reinvent the wheel. Is there free/inexpensive
> specialized software out there, for managing small libraries?
>
> The software must be able to:
>
> - Have an easy-to use interface for entering new books into the system
>     + BONUS: pull the info from Amazon based on the ISDN
>     + BONUS: display book cover
> - Support categories
> - Support keywords
> - Support multiple users
> - Support multiple locations ("electronics lab", "Mike's office", "restroom
> #1", etc)
> - Allow easy check out/check in
>     + BONUS: scan ISDN, display list of users for checkout, or automatically
> check in
> - Keep history of check in/out operations
>
> All suggestions are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vitaliy
>
>
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