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Re:Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mounta... by kd5bjo on Sunday May 05, 2019 @10:42AM (#19833024)
> If you don't leave enough space you'll have to shift all the books after that letter.

This is what card files were originally invented for— number all the shelves, put your new book wherever there’s room, and put a card with the title and shelf number in a sorted drawer. When you get rid of the book, get rid of the card.

Re:Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mounta... by dredmorbius on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:43AM (#19833346)
That works well for closed stack collections. Open ones, not so much.