Bar code readers and ISBN numbers

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Speicher

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I am trying to find an easy way to catalogue books. Most of these books are large and heavy, so it would be much easier to scan them in situ, instead of carrying them to a computer. So I have two questions.

Has anyone tried using clz barry to scan barcodes?

Has anyone used the Books Database from readerware.com?

The books database from readerware.com includes a free scanner, and offers a thirty day trial version. However, it would be extremely useful to scan the bar codes without the scanner being attached to the computer.

I thought about putting this on the Computer Geek forum, but I think that this question does not fall into the realms of geekiness.

Some forumites may remember that I asked a similar question a few years ago, but technology has moved on considerably since then. Any guidance on this would be appreciated.
 

Kestevan

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If you have an Android phone you can download an App that turns the pone into a scanner. It links the phone back to the host PC with WIFI or bluetooth giving you a portable wireless scanner.

Theres a 20 barcode limited free trial, then a small payment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kinoni.barcode.trial
 
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Thank you Crock and Kestevan for your replies. I would like to keep this as simple as possible. We already have nearly one thousand books in the Library. I am looking for an easier way to add very heavy or large books without moving them around so much.
 
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Get an opticon 2001

Little scanner that doesn't have a screen and can be configured to just store the barcodes in a plain text file that you can download to PC
 
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I have been trying the above books database, which works very well by adding the ISBN manually. Not ideal, admittedly but it produces a detailed list of books.

It correlates the titles etc from other websites such as Waterstones, and Amazon.

@Razzle, the Opticon would be just the thing. Unfortunately the Library in question is part of a Charity, and it is extremely doubtful that funds would extend to a stand-alone scanner.
 
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