[Sig] FW: (1) Donation of (Dann Washko's) Linux Books to MakeLehighValley (2) Scanner for ISBN Bar Codes

[jeff]

Just a shot in the dark.  Do libraries have ISBN Bar Code scanners?  How about 
book stores (new or used)?  Maybe someone who monitors Craigslist?

Jeff

On Friday 26 August 2011 10:50:48 Freeh Sophia wrote:
> (1) Donation of Linux Books to MakeLehighValley
>
> When Dann Washko left Bethlehem, he gave away a lot of his computer
> books.  I took most of them with the intention of starting a library
> for the lvlug and the Linux sig of that other local computer users
> group.
>
> That never really came to fruition, so I've decided to donate most of
> those books to the MakeLehighValley organization that is forming.
> (I've tried to write to Dann just to make sure he has no objection--I
> sent an email to dann at thelinuxlink.net this weekend.)
>
> (2) Scanner for ISBN Bar Codes
>
> Before I actually turn the books over, I'd like to make a list of them
> to put on WikiLearn or elsewhere on the Internet.  Does anyone here
> have access to one of those (portable) bar code scanners that can read
> the ISBN codes on (modern) books?
>
> I'd like to find one to borrow, or find someone that's willing to scan
> in about 3 cartons of books.
>
> I also don't know much about them--I presume that to get the actual book
> information (like author, title, ...), there is another program
> involved that has to access the Internet?
>
> If I don't get anywhere here, I'll go to the next library book sale
> (Bethlehem has one in late June), and find and talk to one of the
> people using a scanner like that.
>
> Randy Kramer
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