# Library (of books, not gems) Management in Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 6, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653 "2007-02-06T19:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bira)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653/1 "2007-02-06T19:47:54Z")
Is there a Ruby application for managing collections of books, CD’s and “stuff” in general? I saw something similar written in Java (Data Crow) but it seemed a bit too heavy for my tastes. Searching for “library management” in Google gives me a bunch of links to Rubygems and other package managers, and I don’t know what else to call it :). ---
**Author:** ![Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bira)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653/2 "2007-02-06T20:03:56Z")
On 2/6/07, Bira [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a Ruby application for managing collections of books, CD’s > and “stuff” in general? I saw something similar written in Java (Data > Crow) but it seemed a bit too heavy for my tastes. Searching for > “library management” in Google gives me a bunch of links to Rubygems > and other package managers, and I don’t know what else to call it :). Search blog entries on [http://www.joelonsoftware.com](http://www.joelonsoftware.com) IIRC he had the same problem to manage his company’s book library, and wanted a program to do it. He was interested in bar code scanner - library of congress lookup stuff, and went through a couple of options (including some commercial ware). I don’t know if he found a solution, but there may be blog comments that could direct your source. As for specifically in Ruby, I doubt it. At the end of the day, its just a simple Database, you could get clever by using a web service on the library of congress, or web scraping their search results. ---
**Author:** ![Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bira)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653/3 "2007-02-06T20:30:02Z")
On 2/6/07, Ionuþ Arþãriºi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello! > > If I understand correctly, I think this might be what you’re looking for: > [http://alexandria.rubyforge.net](http://alexandria.rubyforge.net) > > Is it not? Oddly, your link didn’t work: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/alexandria/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/alexandria/) ---
**Author:** ![Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bira)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653/4 "2007-02-06T22:29:18Z")
On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 04:29 +0900, Richard C. wrote: > [http://rubyforge.org/projects/alexandria/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/alexandria/) > works for me, else you can just use rubyforges search box for alexandria. ---
**Author:** ![Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bira)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/library-of-books-not-gems-management-in-ruby/84653/5 "2007-02-06T20:21:01Z")
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 19:03:05 Richard C. wrote: > On 2/6/07, Bira [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Is there a Ruby application for managing collections of books, CD’s > > and “stuff” in general? I saw something similar written in Java (Data > > Crow) but it seemed a bit too heavy for my tastes. Searching for > > “library management” in Google gives me a bunch of links to Rubygems > > and other package managers, and I don’t know what else to call it :). Hello! If I understand correctly, I think this might be what you’re looking for: [http://alexandria.rubyforge.net](http://alexandria.rubyforge.net) Is it not?