Greetings fellow geeks. Just want to "pop in" and let everyone know I'm enjoying a brief week off after my last day of work. I will be back writing early next week. I'm enjoying my June Read of the Month and I can not wait to write about the new Apple notebooks announced this week! I hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying some good reading!
So, how many of you have remember using an old style, card catalog? You know, you want to find a book in your local library, so you pull out the long drawers flipping through cards. Well those days are long gone of course (thankfully) and nearly all libraries use an electronic catalog system to keep track of their collections. Many of the school districts in Wayne County are using a system developed by Follett . It is a great system for school age children and prepares them for many of the advanced catalogs available in public and university libraries. Catalog software is quite expensive and really impractical for home libraries. Some book lovers may create their own spreadsheet or database to keep track of their books, however there is a great (free) tool online to not only catalog your books, but also meet and communicate with other book lovers online. The site librarything.com is a wonderful site that lets you catalog your own home library. Think of it as a "Facebook
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