Investigating TinyCat

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Investigating TinyCat

1gmariepdx
Set 10, 2021, 2:38 pm

I am a volunteer in a small (6000 volumes) non-profit library in Portland, Oregon. We are considering TinyCat so we can provide an online catalog for our users. I'm wondering
whether current users have experienced any problems with the program,
how easy is it to import data,
whether the support has helpful,
whether it is upgraded periodically.
It would be helpful to connect with a similarly sized library as we consider our next steps.

Thanks!

2HH_Library
Set 13, 2021, 9:18 am

We are also an all volunteer small library and we have loved Library Thing/Tiny Cat. Tiny Cat gets its books from the Library Thing database. We have found the search much better than the search in Library Thing (more intuitive). We have just spent the summer uploading and are about to go live to our Senior Living residents. Check out the link to our Tiny Cat interface. https://www.librarycat.org/lib/HH_Library

3kristilabrie
Set 13, 2021, 9:22 am

I'd love to see other replies here, but I can vouch for full support! We offer a Help Wiki for TinyCat (https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/TinyCat), video tutorials and recorded webinars on LibraryThing's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHdpcxqVcUR4rXciaInacPQ), live webinars every Wednesday at 1pm on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/91606647940), and full email support (tinycat@librarything.com).

I can also comment on importing: we offer Universal Import (with ISBN and non-ISBN record options) and MARC Import. Check out the More > Import/Export page: https://www.librarything.com/more/import. If you need to import non-ISBN records or custom data, be sure to look over the Help page here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/HelpThing:Import, as it outlines exactly what you need to do to format your data (which is to follow our sample .csv file format).

4HH_Library
Modificato: Set 13, 2021, 10:23 am

>3 kristilabrie: Kristie: Just wanted to let you know that I was formerly Judie_trial. Our library has now opened a full account including a subscription to Tiny Cat. We have uploaded about 4200 books and things are going well. Just wanted to thank you for answering all my questions during the research stages.

5kristilabrie
Set 13, 2021, 3:10 pm

>4 HH_Library: Wonderful to hear! And always happy to help. I'm glad you're up and running fully with TinyCat, now.