When Chris & Jonathan started Berkeley Coworking last summer, one of the original ideas was to have a shared library or a book exchange point at Berkeley Coworking. I'm hoping to push that idea forward starting today. I'm donating several books (see below) and hope that this catches on.
I'd like to get some feedback from this group as to what the focus should be, or if there should even be any focus, for the types of materials submitted. For example, my local library no longer blindly accepts technical reference books. Most of the books they received in the past were no longer relevant. Plus they have a pretty sweet deal with Safari Bookshelf these days and have electronic access to most of the current titles. So, most of my outdated references are probably headed to recycling. I'm wondering if we should have a similar policy for technical books. Perhaps a rule that only reference materials with a copyright date within the last two years should be submitted. Any thoughts?
Also, How should we let people know what's in the library. Any ideas on a simple and free library management system?
Thanks, Sean
My Book List 2008-05-14: Programming Ruby (for v1.8) by Dave Thomas Agile Web Development with Rails revision 2 by Thomas & Hansson Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell Observing the User Experience by Mike Kuniavsky Lifehacker by Gina Trapini Connect! by Anne Zelenka Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger The Myth of Innovation by Scott Burkun Free Agent Nation by Daniel Pink Woosh Boom Splat by Bill Gursteil The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil
I'm wondering what the simplest way to do this is. Is the goal to enable people to borrow books from the library for short periods, or is it a book exchange where people may take a book indefinitely?
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Sean O'Steen <seanost...@gmail.com> wrote: > When Chris & Jonathan started Berkeley Coworking last summer, one of the > original ideas was to have a shared library or a book exchange point at > Berkeley Coworking. I'm hoping to push that idea forward starting today. > I'm donating several books (see below) and hope that this catches on.
> I'd like to get some feedback from this group as to what the focus should > be, or if there should even be any focus, for the types of materials > submitted. For example, my local library no longer blindly accepts > technical reference books. Most of the books they received in the past were > no longer relevant. Plus they have a pretty sweet deal with Safari Bookshelf > these days and have electronic access to most of the current titles. So, > most of my outdated references are probably headed to recycling. I'm > wondering if we should have a similar policy for technical books. Perhaps a > rule that only reference materials with a copyright date within the last two > years should be submitted. Any thoughts?
> Also, How should we let people know what's in the library. Any ideas on a > simple and free library management system?
> Thanks, > Sean
> My Book List 2008-05-14: > Programming Ruby (for v1.8) by Dave Thomas > Agile Web Development with Rails revision 2 by Thomas & Hansson > Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell > Observing the User Experience by Mike Kuniavsky > Lifehacker by Gina Trapini > Connect! by Anne Zelenka > Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger > The Myth of Innovation by Scott Burkun > Free Agent Nation by Daniel Pink > Woosh Boom Splat by Bill Gursteil > The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil
I'd prefer book exchange. We could put a sign on the shelf that simply says "Give a book. Take a book."
I keep wanting to build/customize an app to track it, but it seems prudent to wait to see if folks actually use it... cart before the horse.... vase before the place... and all that.
> I'm wondering what the simplest way to do this is. Is the goal to > enable people to borrow books from the library for short periods, or > is it a book exchange where people may take a book indefinitely?
> - Brian
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Sean O'Steen <seanost...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> When Chris & Jonathan started Berkeley Coworking last summer, one >> of the >> original ideas was to have a shared library or a book exchange >> point at >> Berkeley Coworking. I'm hoping to push that idea forward starting >> today. >> I'm donating several books (see below) and hope that this catches on.
>> I'd like to get some feedback from this group as to what the focus >> should >> be, or if there should even be any focus, for the types of materials >> submitted. For example, my local library no longer blindly accepts >> technical reference books. Most of the books they received in the >> past were >> no longer relevant. Plus they have a pretty sweet deal with Safari >> Bookshelf >> these days and have electronic access to most of the current >> titles. So, >> most of my outdated references are probably headed to recycling. I'm >> wondering if we should have a similar policy for technical books. >> Perhaps a >> rule that only reference materials with a copyright date within the >> last two >> years should be submitted. Any thoughts?
>> Also, How should we let people know what's in the library. Any >> ideas on a >> simple and free library management system?
>> Thanks, >> Sean
>> My Book List 2008-05-14: >> Programming Ruby (for v1.8) by Dave Thomas >> Agile Web Development with Rails revision 2 by Thomas & Hansson >> Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell >> Observing the User Experience by Mike Kuniavsky >> Lifehacker by Gina Trapini >> Connect! by Anne Zelenka >> Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger >> The Myth of Innovation by Scott Burkun >> Free Agent Nation by Daniel Pink >> Woosh Boom Splat by Bill Gursteil >> The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil
> -- > Warmly, > Brian Kei Tanaka
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