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UPC scanning & Migrating collection listing from Collectorz.com to LIbraryThing

1avrosati
Feb 5, 2016, 10:48 am

Hi,

I am a new fan of LibraryThing.

I have two questions to ask.

1. Is there a way to scan UPC barcodes for adding titles to a collection? Is that something that will be in TinyCAT?

2. I have been using Collectorz.com's Book Collector for some time now, but I was wondering if there was a way to migrate my collection's listing to LibraryThing that doesn't involve manually entering all my books. I have quite the personal collection (over 200 books!) and was hoping there might be a file export/import option.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Tony

2MarthaJeanne
Modificato: Feb 5, 2016, 12:08 pm

1 TinyCAT is something different. I don't scan bar codes myself, but it's always been possible to scan to the add book page. And it's a feature of the new app. http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/CueCat%3A_ISBNs_and_Barcodes
http://www.librarything.com/topic/205144
2 200 isn't that big a collection here, but yes you can import. http://www.librarything.com/more/import

3jjwilson61
Feb 5, 2016, 12:46 pm

Scanning UPC barcodes won't do you any good though, you'll need to scan the ISBN barcodes.

4gilroy
Feb 5, 2016, 3:58 pm

You'll need to export your existing collection to a file format that Librarything can understand, like comma separated value. Then you can import. Be sure to double check after upload to make sure information didn't get posted to the incorrect database field.

5timspalding
Feb 8, 2016, 8:56 am

>3 jjwilson61:

No, UPCs work now.

6jjwilson61
Feb 8, 2016, 10:35 am

Really? Does that work in the library interfaces?

7timspalding
Feb 8, 2016, 11:16 am

Yup.

8Edwin_Slonim
Lug 22, 2020, 2:48 am

Can anyone recommend please a best format for exporting from collectorz and importing to LibraryThing?

9gilroy
Lug 22, 2020, 8:50 am

>8 Edwin_Slonim: The information provided in this thread actually hasn't changed since 2016.

Export to a Comma Separated Values file, make sure the columns match the recommended file format from the Universal Import screen, upload the file.

10lorax
Lug 22, 2020, 9:19 am

To expand a bit on what gilroy says, the columns need to exactly match the format of the example. No additional columns, no missing columns (a column can be totally blank but it needs to be present), columns in exactly the same order and with exactly the same names as in the template.