Book Share / Library Exchange at Berkeley Coworking

[Sean O'Steen]

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 So, most of my outdated references are probably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

[Brian Tanaka]

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

--
Warmly,
Brian Kei Tanaka

[Sean O'Steen]

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.

> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups "Berkeley Coworking" group.
> To post to this group, send email to
> berkeley...@googlegroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to berkeleycowork...@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/berkeleycoworking?hl=en
> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>