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How to catalogue my library (beehaw.org)

submitted 8 months ago by gromnar@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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Hello! I would like to catalogue my library (I estimate in the low thousands but I am unsure of the precise number). I would like to keep tracks of several things, from the "obvious" like author, title, publisher, edition, to more personal like "when"/"where" did I get it. Was it a gift? Is a lucky find from that one trip to Paris, etc.

What's the best way to go about it? A physical collections of cards ? An app? I would like it to be selfhosted (maybe using sqlite as a backend?)

Any idea, suggestion or anything (including your experience doing something similar!) is welcome!

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[–] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I work with databases and I don't need to correct anything, just thank you for devoting a bit of your time to my question!

[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

No problem, and sorry for the over-explaining; sounds like you've got more than the basics covered 😅

Also thought that it might be useful for any future visitors.

Did you find a good solution? 😃