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A '''Library computer system''' is the software used to catalog, track circulation (where appropriate) and inventory the library's assets. Such software is intended for the needs of the home, church, private enterprise or other small to medium sized collections. Larger, First World libraries will typically use an [[Integrated library system]] to manage the more complex activities such as acquisitions and the reference interview.

This article is intended to assist the librarian of a small to medium sized collection in selecting software, much as the [[Comparison of wiki software]]

==Software Criteria==

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With most any software, users can eliminate some manual entry by using a barcode scanner. But some software is designed, or can be extended with an additional module, to integrate scanner functionality. While most software vendor provide some type of scanner integration, not all will print labels with barcodes.

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==See also==