TinyCat

Welcome to the official group for LibraryThing's online catalog for tiny libraries, TinyCat! This group is for questions, general discussions/feedback, recommendations and requests regarding TinyCat. If you think you found a bug, post a report to our Bug Collectors Group (listed below).

If you haven't signed up for TinyCat yet, go to https://www.librarycat.org/signup/. TinyCat is free for personal use, and cheap for others.

All TinyCat users are automatically added to this group—to leave, just click the "leave" link at the right of the page.

Important Links:

TinyCat Webinars: join LibraryThing's recurring Zoom meeting on Wednesdays at 1:00pm ET for a full demo of TinyCat.

YouTube — Tutorials & Webinars

Help Wiki

Admin Portal

TinyCat_lib on Twitter

Monthly TinyCat Post (newsletter)

Bug Collectors Group (Tips for Bug Reports)

Email Support (tinycat@librarything.com)

Featured TinyCat catalogs:
For Schools & Classrooms
For Religious Institutions

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Summary and Synopsis14 ongelezen / 14MarthaJeanne, Vandaag 2:59am
Self check-in by patrons5 ongelezen / 5MontessoriLouisville, dinsdag 9:51am
print shelf list2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, dinsdag 9:28am
Language5 ongelezen / 5bnielsen, maandag 11:55am
Circulation rules in Tiny Cat25 ongelezen / 25magnolialibrary, donderdag 2:42pm
Extensive lag time when trying to do any check-out/in4 ongelezen / 4ECCClibrary, donderdag 1:19pm
TinyCat problems from LibraryThing indexing issue?1 ongelezen / 1SHC_Library, september 11
batch update tags3 ongelezen / 3RWVLibraries, september 11
New books added not appearing in searches2 ongelezen / 2MarthaJeanne, september 11
"Holds" not working correctly1 ongelezen / 1VicRML, september 11
Advanced search filters2 ongelezen / 2ptalibrary, september 9
Book Descriptions4 ongelezen / 4MarthaJeanne, september 9
Importing Patrons from a .csv. file3 ongelezen / 3bpaolibrary, september 9
Setting Account language7 ongelezen / 7dearkitten, september 7
Customizing Item Check Out Email5 ongelezen / 5dearkitten, september 7
Browsing TinyCat?3 ongelezen / 3Nevov, september 7
E-Book System10 ongelezen / 10dearkitten, september 6
Webinars on Pause1 ongelezen / 1ZephCraven, september 5
webinars on zoom3 ongelezen / 3ZephCraven, september 5
Any way to delete old transaction history?5 ongelezen / 5SHC_Library, september 4
delete account1 ongelezen / 1l0g0p7, augustus 28
Did TinyCat's admin server go down?10 ongelezen / 10maxwi, augustus 24
Animated cover display7 ongelezen / 7nazcasaitaliana, augustus 21
MDC number, seen on work sheet2 ongelezen / 2MarthaJeanne, augustus 19
Patron login7 ongelezen / 7kulana, augustus 17
Is TinyCat Down?27 ongelezen / 27maxwi, augustus 14
A Place for Patron Instructions?3 ongelezen / 3mice_elf, augustus 7
New Feature: Admin Users!27 ongelezen / 27mice_elf, augustus 7
Priorat2 ongelezen / 2MarthaJeanne, augustus 6
This account is currently disabled. Please contact the library for more information.9 ongelezen / 9MarthaJeanne, augustus 6
Added new books, don't see them on the app4 ongelezen / 4gilroy, augustus 5
Deleting report data/circulation stats2 ongelezen / 2HBS_lib, juli 31
More books showing in sidebar than exist in the my library3 ongelezen / 3jjwilson61, juli 27
Other Call Number in Tiny Cat3 ongelezen / 3CNMusicLib, juli 24
Search Settings for TinyCat2 ongelezen / 2SandraArdnas, juli 22
Creating a TinyCat assignment for library school students1 ongelezen / 1francescadefreitas, juli 6
I'm moving, how can I inventory?7 ongelezen / 7GraceCollection, juni 28
Tiny Cat Custom status--won't delete9 ongelezen / 9NorthomeLibrary, juni 27
Multiple Copies of the same item9 ongelezen / 9MarthaJeanne, juni 27
TinyCat Experiment for Book Sales4 ongelezen / 4kristilabrie, juni 25
How do you handle returns2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, juni 24
Patron Return Book2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, juni 24
Home page - image with links2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, juni 24
Placing items of "hold" for a patron when it is out to another patron3 ongelezen / 3GretchenVon, juni 19
Issue: Microsoft marking librarycat.org as unsafe26 ongelezen / 26VitaSporer, juni 12
Making some collections non-circulating (not avble for holds or to check-out)4 ongelezen / 4kristilabrie, juni 11
Exploring: Similar in this library2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, juni 11
Reference Only Books7 ongelezen / 7kristilabrie, juni 10
TinyCat Tech Issues--SSL?3 ongelezen / 3kristilabrie, mei 30
multiple copies16 ongelezen / 16Matosschool, mei 29
Created Account for Church, but it shows as Personal... Help?!6 ongelezen / 6Biblioteca-Houssay, mei 26
Printing of barcode labels with labelprinter19 ongelezen / 19jjwilson61, mei 25
Barcodes24 ongelezen / 24kristilabrie, mei 24
Ask About button8 ongelezen / 8kristilabrie, mei 24
Circulation count question4 ongelezen / 4kristilabrie, mei 24
Barcodes and scanners18 ongelezen / 18kristilabrie, mei 20
Multi-Language2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, mei 14
Report time out7 ongelezen / 7kristilabrie, mei 8
February 25 LibraryCat inaccessible10 ongelezen / 10kristilabrie, mei 6
What is the workflow supposed to be for patrons having checked out books?3 ongelezen / 3UUCB, april 30
Locked out of tiny cat7 ongelezen / 7kristilabrie, april 26
"Other call number system" query12 ongelezen / 12MarthaJeanne, april 26
using "hold" creatively1 ongelezen / 1st_pauls_library, april 24
Sorts for Home page Browse “canned searches”7 ongelezen / 7AppTrailMuseum, april 22
displaying physical summary6 ongelezen / 6AppTrailMuseum, april 22
TinyCat's 8th Birthday Celebration!2 ongelezen / 2Some1LikeYou, april 19
Request: Index certain linked work relationships for searching7 ongelezen / 7zetetic23, april 19
Display of circulation status in catalog searches6 ongelezen / 6kristilabrie, april 17
Patron emails2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, april 15
Delete patrons2 ongelezen / 2norabelle414, april 11
Library landing page3 ongelezen / 3a1cterry11, april 11
Engineering nerd cave1 ongelezen / 1a1cterry11, april 11
TinyCat embedding broken2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, april 10
Security warnings3 ongelezen / 3hefclibrary, april 7
Share a list?2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, maart 29
Has anyone developed a training manual for staff and willing to share?3 ongelezen / 3kristilabrie, maart 19
access to webinars5 ongelezen / 5GVR_GAC, maart 19
Email to Librarian on check out2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, maart 18
Recovered checked in record2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, maart 11
Generating/Creating Patron Library Cards4 ongelezen / 4IBC-Brussels, maart 10
GHA TinyCat not accessible5 ongelezen / 5timspalding, februari 17
Best way to check books back in?10 ongelezen / 10NeedleChasers, februari 16
Change pricing plan5 ongelezen / 5kristilabrie, februari 14
changing circulation status from OVERDUE to MISSING automatically2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, februari 13
Change account type4 ongelezen / 4Malachicasuse, februari 11
Default covers3 ongelezen / 3ocrhdlg, februari 7
Adding Patrons3 ongelezen / 3dsarrazolla, februari 1
Display LCC number on TinyCat2 ongelezen / 2BibliotecaJosepCosta, februari 1
Recently Added books not showing up in catalog25 ongelezen / 25kristilabrie, januari 22
Summary option8 ongelezen / 8SandraArdnas, januari 18
Full Circulation Feature Not Working Properly4 ongelezen / 4kristilabrie, januari 18
Will TinyCat do what we need?3 ongelezen / 3kristilabrie, januari 16
Update: Sending Checkout Reminders & Overdue Notices24 ongelezen / 24kristilabrie, januari 16
setting up a new check out system6 ongelezen / 6kristilabrie, januari 12
How to I check in returned books?5 ongelezen / 5kristilabrie, november 2023
Short term loans2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, november 2023
Set as 'not available' a specified Collection in TinyCat4 ongelezen / 4kristilabrie, november 2023
Error in making my Private catalogue Public2 ongelezen / 2TothFamily, november 2023
Library of Congress Subject Headings2 ongelezen / 2kristilabrie, november 2023
Error 4036 ongelezen / 6kristilabrie, november 2023
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