I have some books (possibly old) that I would be willing to loan to people as well. Systems Books _Publisher Book_ Sams UNIX unleashed Sams Sybase SQL Server 11 DBA Survival Guide IDG Linux Network Toolkit Language Books _Publisher Book_ Oreilly JavaScript The definitive Guide Oreilly Learning Perl on Win32 Systems Course VB 6 Advanced Topics Sams PHP and MySQL Web Development (but not for a while) I would add all the Windows books to the list but I can't see them from where I'm sitting. Sam Sam MacDonald wrote: > How about asking our friends over at TCPhP to write a library > application. For checking the books out and in. With a way to > contact the previous barrow that someone would like the book. The > application could be run on the mn-linux site. I might be persuaded to > give up some space on my latest debian box (by, by Redhat) > Check the books our for 1, 2, or 3 beer meetings. Pick the books up > and drop them off at beer meetings. ;-) > > I'm not sure who would be the librarian as that job would take some > commitment (I'm booked with Scouting and going camping this weekend > BTW) [pun intended] on the librarians part. But that work could be > made up by buying the Librarian a beer when you check out a book! > > Sam. > > > Clay Fandre wrote: > >> Lately I have gotten a few shipments of Linux books from various >> publishers. I am trying to figure out how to distribute these books >> that would benefit the group the most. Here are a few ideas: >> >> 1. Library - Let users "check-out" books on a short-term basis. They >> would need to check them back in so other members could use them. >> 2. Give-away - Have a drawing or something and give them away to a >> permanent owner. >> 3. P2P - Give them away and encourage the books find their way to >> other members eventually. >> >> I would probably want some type of feedback/review no matter which way >> we go. >> >> Comments? Suggestions? >> >> >> >> Here is the list of books I currently have: >> >> Managing Linux Systems with Webmin - Cameron >> >> Implementing CIFS - The Common Internet File System - Hertel >> >> Moving to Linux - Gagne >> >> 2 - Practical Programming in Tcl and TK (4th Ed) - Welch/Jones Hobbs >> >> Linux Server Hacks - Flickenger >> >> Understanding the Linux Kernel - Bovet & Cesati >> >> Managing Raid on Linux - Vadala >> >> Running Linux - Welsh, Dalheimer, Dawson & Kaufman >> >> UNIX Systems Programming - Robbins >> >> Building Secure Servers with Linux - Bauer >> >> Google Hacks - Calishain & Dornfest >> >> Complete Wireless Home Networking (Windows XP Edition) - Heltzel >> >> Linux on the Mainframe - Eilert, Eisenhaendler, Maththaeus, Salm >> >> I may have some others hidden in boxes that I have yet to unpack from >> my move. >> >> -- Clay >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list