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I use TinyCat for my synagogue library <https://www.librarycat.org/lib/shirtikvahmn>, and it works great. We (ok, I) pay $72/year for it. It's a nice, flexible option for a small library and is easy to use. I have four people regularly helping add and maintain records, and the interface is simple and fairly intuitive. Let me know if you want to chat more. Ginny -- Ginny Moran, MLIS she/her/hers Fine Arts & Humanities Instruction & Research Librarian DeWitt Wallace Library/MacalesterCollege Living and working on Wahpekute <https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wahpekute/> land http://bit.ly/GinnyApptHours On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 11:32 PM [log in to unmask] < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Librarything <https://www.librarything.com/> accompanied by TinyCat > <https://www.librarycat.org/> are good/affordable options for small > libraries. I haven’t used TinyCat in a circulating environment, but it > appears that all of the necessary functionality exists and has been thought > out fairly thoroughly. What is particularly nice about LibraryThing and > TinyCat is that cataloging books with LibraryThing is just a streamlined > copy cataloging. Users can actually import MARC records from libraries > across the globe which also means that exporting the data is fairly > straightforward for when one needs to migrate to a more powerful system. > > > > Best, > > Joel > > > > > > *Joel Parham, MLIS* > > Los Angeles, California, USA > > +1 310.923.4452 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > On 5/14/21, 12:22, "Bouchard, Karen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, I have the following question from an alumna and would like > to know if anyone has any recommendations for her. Thanks! > > Karen Bouchard > > Brown University > > > > ************************************************************************** > > > > I'm a recent Brown alumna and I had a question about starting a small > lending library for a church group with which I'm affiliated. Brown's > librarians have been so helpful to me in the past, so I figured I'd give it > a shot asking you all about this! > > > > We're hoping to have an online database where we can catalog books (and > add specific tags based on the subject), record ISBN numbers, and show > which books are checked in, checked out, or on hold, etc. We're looking for > something that would require little in-person maintenance, as there would > be no hired staff specifically for the library. But we would want to be > able to know who has which book, have due dates, etc. It would be great if > the interface had a way to scan ISBNs or barcodes to ease inputting new > books into the system. Our collection of books totals 300, give or take, so > it's not a huge collection by any means. It would also be a great bonus if > there were a way to have an online notes section for each book that we > could edit. > > > > I was wondering if you had any advice about which websites/databases are > good for this project. I've been looking at Libib and TinyCat (the latter > is an offshoot of LibraryThing). TinyCat looks pretty promising but I > wanted to get your opinion if you have one regarding that site or any other > sites you prefer for these purposes. We have a small budget, so the cheaper > the better as long as it's functional, secure, remotely accessible (besides > actually coming into the place to retrieve and return the books), and not > too clunky. > > > > > > > > -- > > Karen A. Bouchard > > Arts & Humanities Librarian > > > > Rockefeller Library, Box A > 10 Prospect Street > Brown University > Providence, RI 02912 USA > > > > *Make an appointment. * > <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/selfsched?sstoken=UUdmMEJjWFdOa0FyfGRlZmF1bHR8OTBiZWQ4MGU1ODg5ZjMxYTdjMmU5YWU0YzQ2MDQ2ODQ> > > > > Phone: (401) 863-3218 (currently working from home) > > [log in to unmask] > > Librarian profile page and subject guides > <http://libguides.brown.edu/prf.php?account_id=54285> > > Images at Brown blog latest entry. > <https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/image-collections-in-the-brown-library/new-posts-4/workingfromhome> > > > > If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. 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