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Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby RWSmith » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:48 pm

Split from Merit Badge Pamphlet Libraries
committee member wrote:Is there any freeware software that exists to track pamphlet lending based on the date it was checked out?

Man, what a good question. I know there are zillions of database programs out there for CD, DVD, et al, libraries. Since I'm a techno-geek, I'm regularly looking for new stuff to try. I'll keep it in mind as I peruse the net... and report back here if I find something worth using.
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Re: Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby RWSmith » Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:40 pm

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Does anybody have an Excel (or OpenOffice) spreadsheet for this?
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Re: Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby PaulSWolf » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:13 pm

I took the main table from http://usscouts.org/mb/mbbooks.asp and converted it to a simple Excel table, then added columns for Books in Stock, Loaned To, and Loaned On. That should work. It can be downloaded here: http://usscouts.org/advance/docs/mbbooks.xls
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Re: Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby RWSmith » Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:56 pm

Ta-da! (See what happens when you bump a dead topic?)

Once again, Paul comes through for the team. I'm sure there are more out there.
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Re: Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby summertop » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:02 pm

Oooh, that's a good idea. I think that will be the next new feature on my website (GoScouts.com)
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Re: Software for Tracking Merit Badge Phamplet Library?....

Postby Eaglewarr7 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:43 pm

Thanks a lot that excell worked out just right. Thanks again my troop has just adopted it. It has saved us a lot of extra work.
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