William Chops Westfield wrote:
>> Is there free/inexpensive specialized software out there,
>> for managing small libraries?
>>
> I was pretty impressed with "ReaderWare" (http://www.readerware.com)
> when I tried it out a few years ago.  But I was looking at a
> fiction collection, so I didn't pay attention to a lot of the
> features you need.  Mt impression was that it did a lot of
> things pretty sensibly, but I never did collect the discipline
> to scan all my books in.  (This would require a relatively GOOD
> barcode scanner, IMO, and not the CueCat that I was testing with!)
>
> I have a Mac app that will read barcodes using the built in video
> cameras on newer macs.  that's pretty cool, but ... not really
> very useful for scanning lots of books.  IMO.

Thank you for the suggestion. It looks like this software is geared more 
towards individual use?

A "real" barcode scanner is not that expensive (~$200), considering it will 
be used in a company setting.

I am not considering the software for my home library (yet), because the 
cost in time and $$ is likely to be much greater than the benfit. I think 
simply organizing the books better would have a much greater impact on my 
ability to quickly find a book I need, than library management software. :)

Vitaliy 

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