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Hi everyone - I need to brainstorm (or drizzle) this idea...

I belong to a Family History group and I've discovered that they have a bajillion folders full of articles and 'stuff' that they've collected. From magazines, newpapers etc. There's lots of good stuff in there but it's basically inaccessible because of the volume and the rather idiosyncratic "system".

I'm wondering if I can suggest they use Calibre to not so much store the 'docs' but rather use it as a library index card thingy.

The reason I'm thinking Calibre (apart from its obvious awesomeness) is that it's got most (if not all) of what they could use out of the box. I doubt that they'd even need custom columns.

The only downside would be that they'd have to use one computer to maintain the library (unless someone has written a web interface overnight). They (the group) are almost all over 65 and aren't really computer savvy (one won't even use cut & paste because it's too hard). And email is a bridge too far. You can't make this stuff up.

And although they have multiple computers, they don't have a network - so I'd need an automatic backup strategy. That's really, really automatic and simple.

I did have a look at Zotero but even though it's webby, it might make their brains explode. Which is a shame, because it looked good.

Anyone been there, done that (not exploding brains, but rather a document thing)?

The more I think about it, the more I'm liking using Calibre...