I'm downsizing my personal library, and sending a pallet or three of boxed books (also tapes and LPs) to the Internet Archive's Digital Library. Their job will be easier if I provide barcodes/ISBNs for the items in each box.
I hope to purchase a handheld, USB-connected bar code reader that works well with Ubuntu LTS on a laptop, resulting in a list of bar codes in some appropriate format (Openoffice spreadsheet?). Suggestions for device and open-source software? I'll pay extra for ease of use and reduced hassle. Keith P.S. I'm transitioning away from Scientific Linux and CentOS/Redhat. Mate-Ubuntu has been the least bad of many candidates so far, for other reasons too complex to describe here. So please, no "use my favorite distro instead" suggestions. -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
