# Suggestions of good free book catalogs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480 "2010-04-27T01:36:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/1 "2010-04-27T01:36:28Z")

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I have recently taken the job of church librarian - unfortunately the library is in woeful state so my first job will be to catalog all the books/DVDs/videos/software etc.  
So I am after some suggestions of a nice easy to use and (very importantly) free catalog software.  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/2 "2010-04-29T02:47:31Z")

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bump

Pretty please…

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/3 "2010-04-30T08:20:30Z")

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third time for luck

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**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/4 "2010-04-30T22:00:21Z")

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Hmm. A quick google turns up a [page](http://librarysupportstaff.com/4automate.html)that has a giant list of various types of book cataloging software. Most of them are pay, but there are a few free versions in there. And CNet has a list that also includes some [user reviews](http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=book+cataloging&searchtype=downloads).

Beyond that I’m not sure – hopefully these will give you a jumping off point for additional research. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/5 "2010-05-01T11:10:46Z")

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Thanks **lizardling**.

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-of-good-free-book-catalogs/537480/6 "2010-05-01T11:14:17Z")

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The problem I am having at the moment is that I will read a reveiw of a program that does all I want only to discover upon download that the free version is only trial.