Re: Barcode scanners

["steve_c_01" <steve.cooper@xxxxxxx>]

Can someone explain why anyone needs so many books unless you run the
local library!

Surely you read it and then give in away or something.  Surely even
if its good and you want to read it again later you don't end up with
1000's.

By giving them away to local schools or charity shops you gain space
and have the satisfaction of sharing the joy of literature.

S

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Ben McCormack" <ben.mccormack@o...>
wrote:
> I have to catalogue over 7000 books.
>
> Is there anywhere of matching up the ISBN number on the back with an
> online database?
>
> Ben
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 11:57
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
>
>
> In case you end up doing it manually, then one key piece of advice:
>
> 2 people (one reading authornames/titles, one typing) is about 3/4
times
> as fast as one person alternating between holding books and holding
> keyboard... This is based on empirical testing of productivity in
the
> Harrison household over a large sample size ;-)
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 11:47
> To: 'ukha_d@y...'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
>
>
> Not yet Mark, sorry.
>
> Jan has rooms full of books, so it would be one hell of a manual
task,
> Seeing the price of this barcode scanner triggered my thinking of
seeing
> what could be done, as I would like them catalogued for insurance
> purposes, and she would like them catalogued to make sure she
doesn't
> buy any duplicates :-)
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 11:49
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
>
>
> Daniel,
>
> Does this mean you have a reliable way to do BarCode -> Book
details
> coversion?
>
> If so, have you got details.
>
> I inputted the book details by hand, because I was ending up buying
too
> many duplicates. To be fair, I've only done the fiction so far, but
> that's just over 2,200...
>
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 10:55
> To: 'ukha_d@y...'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
>
>
> >I've seen people suggest using these for "inventory
control" of
their
> food cupboards in the kitchen but what about things like
> >cheese from the Deli counter where you have two problems:
>
> >1) The barcode contains the price so changes each time you
purchase
> another batch.
>
> >2) You don't take it out and eat the whole thing in one go. (Well,
> maybe I do but that's just me.)
>
> I was more thinking about the hundreds of books we have..... and
CDs -
> reading the barcodes into a dB
>
> Food *would* be a nightmare, and would take some time to set up,
keeping
> track of all the barcodes!! and as you say what about the
specials....
>
> Daniel
>
>
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