u/PassoverDream

I am retiring from my IT job and looking to help out more with my synagogue library. A little history: In the 80's, the Rabbi at the time categorized the books using the Jewish Library system which appears to be a modification of the Dewey Decimal system. I typed up the card catalog entries and put the tags on the books and added them. I continued for a few years after he died, but the Sisterhood eventually gave me different responsibilities.

Here I am many years later, trying to return to the same library and clean up some of the confusion that has resulted from years of neglect. I have no way to know how to catalog books. I've logged into the library of congress website and used the Dewey number given there, but they don't have every book that gets donated to our library (think regional or speciality Jewish books).

I think it is safe to "junk" the card catalog. Many of the people under 40 are more accustomed to the electronic card catalog used by the public library. So I also need an app or system that I can install on a laptop in the library. I've started looking at the ones mentioned on here. I'm glad that I searched first!

I am still reviewing the information that I found here from people who asked similar questions. It is intimidating to find professionals with the same questions. How will I ever manage?

Are there stories that you wish you could read again? I wish I could read “The Chestnut Beads” again to see if it would be mind-blowing as teenaged me found it. Since it’s a short story, I would have to find it in a collection. The only one I knew of is out of print.

I’m certain there are others. When I was younger, I remembered titles, not authors.