I browse the racks of thrift stores and library book sales using an electronic bar-code scanner. I push the button, a red laser hops about, and an LCD screen lights up with the resale values.

It’s Not Free When the library adds a new book to their collection, they don’t just unbox it and slide it onto the shelf. They have to add a barcode, spine label, and laminate it or add a ...

Fortunately, the British Library is in a position to use RFID as a leapfrog technology because, unlike most public libraries, it does not barcode its books. It uses a simple shelf marking system ...

ArcaneWare has released its US$199.95 ArcaneReader USB Barcode Scanner, which is designed to work with Library, the company’s personal book cataloging utility. It’s compatible with Mac OS X 10 ...

That scanning can be hit-or-miss: Delicious Library 3 misidentified four of the first 10 books I scanned. You can re-scan the barcode; sometimes that will correct the problem and sometimes it won’t.

I haven’t yet figured out a trick for tracking book lending in this app. [$1.99. iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch.] 4. My Library: This one strikes me as being very similar to iBookshelf. You can input ...