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==Books!==


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If you use a book or like it, and want to make sure it doesn't get weeded, please write your name or something indicative of your interest on the inside front cover.


Noisebridge has a lot of them and only some of them are currently sorted and shelved. Most of them can be found in shelves and boxes on the west side of the space, near the lounge.


It would be nice if everyone contributed a few books to the Noise Bridge library. We have quite a few authors in our midst and I'm sure they'd be happy to share their works. People would be welcome to come and donate or lend their books with the expectation they may never see them again.  
==Sorting==
We'll need an easy way to track any of the books we have. A useful project that may help with this is the distributed library project. It would need some work on the source code to make it functional again.  
The books are currently for the most part sorted thanks to Al. Proposed systems to help keep the books mostly organized:
It may also be just as useful to not track anything at all and let the books pile up without an index.  
 
I have every back-issue of Circuit Cellar that Jack left me when he moved to LA. I bet he'd love to have that in the library -lamont
* Color code or number shelves and books. Books that belong on the "Yellow" shelf will have a yellow sticker on it.
I have several dozen back issues of QSL (the ham radio magazine) which contain interesting electronics projects, and would be happy to donate those. Mlp 10:57, 23 December 2007 (PST)
* Leave it chaos
I'll be donating a nearly-complete set of 2600, plus some random O'Reilly.  
* bar codes or QR codes or library of congress index numbers
--Adi 22:01, 6 January 2008 (PST)
 
==Library Catalog==
A library catalog system for Noisebridge would be awesome! Here are some requirements, adding items to this list doesn't actually mean anything.
 
Cataloging and checkout are separable problems.
 
====High Priority====
* Open source software with a nice license that wont fuck us over in the future.
* Web based.
* Quickly add books to the library via ISBN or bar code scan.
* Book search returns the last known location of a book (such as "Green Shelf" or "Book Case 8").
* Books can have a checked out status in addition to its last known location, date of check out should be displayed.
* Users can check out books without the need to register, as in when they check out a book it'll ask for a name and email, blank entries should be allowed as anonymous.
* Users who leave an email address will get a reminder email with a list of books they have checked out once a week.
 
====Low Priority====
* Integration with [http://openlibrary.org http://openlibrary.org].
* Book search returns results with descriptions and a cover scraped from some other part of the internet.
* Library database in an open format to easily export later on.
* Ability to use a barcode scanner.
 
===Possible Solutions===
* Writing it ourselves
* [http://koha-community.org/ Open Source Koha]  Developed in NZ and open sourced as a gift to the world (koha means gift in Maori).
* [http://koha.org/ LibLime Koha] Free but closed Fork of Koha
* [http://www.librarything.com/ Librarything]
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen] Started by Georgia Public Library System -Mostly large libraries
* [http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/ Obiblio]
* [http://selfshelfswap.org/ SelfShelfSwap] Alpha Code (No updates since 2012)
 
== Other Hackespaces with Libraries ==
* [http://www.hackerbotlabs.com/ Hackerbot Labs]  Koha?
* [http://www.lvl1.org/2011/07/07/the-library/ LVL1] 
* [https://ackspace.nl/wiki/Library ACKspace]  List in a Wiki
* [http://bridgewire.org/resources-shops/ Bridgewire] Dead Tree setup
* [https://garoa.net.br/wiki/Biblioteca Garoa Hacker Clube] Koha
 
 
 
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Revision as of 14:54, 5 March 2015

Our excellent library

Books!

If you use a book or like it, and want to make sure it doesn't get weeded, please write your name or something indicative of your interest on the inside front cover.

Noisebridge has a lot of them and only some of them are currently sorted and shelved. Most of them can be found in shelves and boxes on the west side of the space, near the lounge.

Sorting

The books are currently for the most part sorted thanks to Al. Proposed systems to help keep the books mostly organized:

  • Color code or number shelves and books. Books that belong on the "Yellow" shelf will have a yellow sticker on it.
  • Leave it chaos
  • bar codes or QR codes or library of congress index numbers

Library Catalog

A library catalog system for Noisebridge would be awesome! Here are some requirements, adding items to this list doesn't actually mean anything.

Cataloging and checkout are separable problems.

High Priority

  • Open source software with a nice license that wont fuck us over in the future.
  • Web based.
  • Quickly add books to the library via ISBN or bar code scan.
  • Book search returns the last known location of a book (such as "Green Shelf" or "Book Case 8").
  • Books can have a checked out status in addition to its last known location, date of check out should be displayed.
  • Users can check out books without the need to register, as in when they check out a book it'll ask for a name and email, blank entries should be allowed as anonymous.
  • Users who leave an email address will get a reminder email with a list of books they have checked out once a week.

Low Priority

  • Integration with http://openlibrary.org.
  • Book search returns results with descriptions and a cover scraped from some other part of the internet.
  • Library database in an open format to easily export later on.
  • Ability to use a barcode scanner.

Possible Solutions

Other Hackespaces with Libraries

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