Information about the Library Inventory Scanning Tool.

Question

I am tasked with inventorying our library and archives, which is approximately 2526 ft of data. I would like to know if there is a hand scanning tool that could be set to pick up the key document elements (Title, Author, Date, Publisher, etc.). I work in MS Access, so if the tool could upload the data into the Access table fields that would be such a time saver. Does anyone know if such a tool exists? I have a matter of months, not years to complete this project.

Answer 1

From what I've seen, the Library Store website has various hand scanning tools that might help to create an inventory of the books. I recommend you visit their website to learn about the available products.

Also, the available hand scanner can work with the Microsoft Access as long as you know how to develop a database to recognize the data you're scanning.

Here is the link: http://www.thelibrarystore.com/category/bar_code_scanners