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1Kalense
I would like to allow another LibraryThing member to copy my library. Is there a way to do that? If so, how?
2lilithcat
When you say "copy" do you mean "print out my catalog" or do you mean "create their own library by duplicating mine"?
4lilithcat
Hmm, I'm not sure.
I wonder if you could export it, and then import it into the other person's library. http://www.librarything.com/more/import
I wonder if you could export it, and then import it into the other person's library. http://www.librarything.com/more/import
6MarthaJeanne
There is no good way to import an LT export.
7Petroglyph
>6 MarthaJeanne:
More's the pity...
More's the pity...
8.mau.
something like a Write Only Memory? :-)
(WOM, as opposed to ROM, was a common joke in the 80s when memory was small and expensive. A WOM could contain huge amount of data, of course)
(WOM, as opposed to ROM, was a common joke in the 80s when memory was small and expensive. A WOM could contain huge amount of data, of course)
9gilroy
May I be the one to ask the stupid question? Yes? Great.
Why would they want to copy your library? Are you sharing that library? Do you have a lot of the same books (so the file would be edited before upload)?
Why would they want to copy your library? Are you sharing that library? Do you have a lot of the same books (so the file would be edited before upload)?
10Kalense
I want my companion to copy my library so that we can each continue from this core to develop our own libraries independently.
11CtrSacredSciences
>10 Kalense: It depends on how much editing you've done in your records after you added each book. You can go here: https://www.librarything.com/more/import (the "more" tab from above, and then click "import/export" on the left) And export your records to excel.
Then from the other account, based on the sources your seem to use on your library, you could set your companion's sources to something like:
1. Library of Congress
2. British Library
3. The Royal Library of Sweden
or maybe OverCat instead of one of #2 or #3 (for example Talis Union and Harvard Metadata will only come via OverCat). Whatever three you choose, if your companion doesn't yet have those as sources, you'll have to add them the same way you did for your account. Then import the excel file as csv (comma separated values).
Whatever editing you did after you originally added the book to your library, if you want the same things in your companions library, you'll need to edit again. You'll have things in the excel export that won't import back in again, but will re-set to the data in the source.
Many of us extensively edit our records, and that's why posters are saying things like there's no good way to do it. Meaning that once you're into editing, the edits won't export and re-import, but in the early stages when you're just getting going, can work reasonably well.
The other option is to do the export, delete all the values but not the header for the ISBN column. Set your three datasources (don't use Amazon) and import all the records without ISBN. They you'll get a set of records most like the records in your library, except for the fields that won't import, which again you'll have to re-do. This works best when you have edited basic bibliographic items like size, page numbers, publisher, or have important things in your "comments" field. Again there will be other edits and fields that won't come through.
Cheers
Then from the other account, based on the sources your seem to use on your library, you could set your companion's sources to something like:
1. Library of Congress
2. British Library
3. The Royal Library of Sweden
or maybe OverCat instead of one of #2 or #3 (for example Talis Union and Harvard Metadata will only come via OverCat). Whatever three you choose, if your companion doesn't yet have those as sources, you'll have to add them the same way you did for your account. Then import the excel file as csv (comma separated values).
Whatever editing you did after you originally added the book to your library, if you want the same things in your companions library, you'll need to edit again. You'll have things in the excel export that won't import back in again, but will re-set to the data in the source.
Many of us extensively edit our records, and that's why posters are saying things like there's no good way to do it. Meaning that once you're into editing, the edits won't export and re-import, but in the early stages when you're just getting going, can work reasonably well.
The other option is to do the export, delete all the values but not the header for the ISBN column. Set your three datasources (don't use Amazon) and import all the records without ISBN. They you'll get a set of records most like the records in your library, except for the fields that won't import, which again you'll have to re-do. This works best when you have edited basic bibliographic items like size, page numbers, publisher, or have important things in your "comments" field. Again there will be other edits and fields that won't come through.
Cheers
12reading_fox
As a one off you could try contacting the staff (link in the tiny stuff at the bottom of the page) it seems likely that this could be trivial for them to reproduce an exact copy in a different user's name.
