Here's a start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system

Vitaliy 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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