seaglass
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 03:45 PM
Original message |
| Anyone knowledgeable about bar code scanners? I want to scan all my books and put them in a |
|
spreadsheet or database so I can keep track of them.
I'm not sure what is contained in a book bar code but I assume at minimum the ISBN, Author and Title.
Have you done this or something like it?
It looks like handheld bar code scanners are not too expensive. I know there are bar code scanner apps but I don't know how I would get the info from a phone into my pc.
|
| madinmaryland
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 03:59 PM
Response to Original message |
| 1. Basically a barcode scanner will read the numbers listed above or below |
|
the bar code. The number is essentially meaningless, unless you have a link to the database that will give meaning to that number. That means you will need to buy new software which will include the database that you are referring to.
I spent much of the spring scanning barcodes on computer equipment being installed and it only recorded the actual number (which was the serial number and model number of the equipment.)
|
| seaglass
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 04:57 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
| 2. Thanks. It looks like that might work but not 100% of the time. The ISBN on 3 out of 4 |
|
books I just looked at is the number above the barcode. And there is an online database that lists books by ISBN.
So when you scanned barcodes - you were able to store in some type of db or xls? And that's what you are saying I would have to buy some type of software to get the ISBNs into my PC?
|
| rug
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 05:06 PM
Response to Original message |
| 3. Are they running around? |
| Shagbark Hickory
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 05:09 PM
Response to Original message |
| 4. What do you need a barcode scanner for? Why not just type in the ISBN into a spreadsheet? |
|
What? Have you got *that many* books?
|
| seaglass
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 07:43 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
| 6. Yeah, I do have a lot - hundreds - I don't even know. They are the one item |
|
I collect. I have bookcases in 4 rooms plus boxes in the attic with books and I just want to keep track of them and hopefully prevent myself from buying books I already have.
|
| Sisaruus
(703 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 06:32 PM
Response to Original message |
| 5. try www.librarything.com |
|
They have book scanners and you can catalog your books on line. I do it with the ISBN numbers. http://www.librarything.com/more/storeI'm at www.librarything.com/profile/sisaruus |
| seaglass
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Sep-25-11 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
| 7. Wow - thank you - that is great! I'm off to read about it. You made my day :-) n/t |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts)     |
Thu Apr 25th 2024, 03:02 PM
Response to Original message |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
