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

TopicTopicMessagesLast Message 
No TinyCat Webinar 12/25 or 1/11 unread / 1ZephCraven, December 18
TinyCat is on Bluesky!6 unread / 6ZephCraven, December 5
Join us for a TinyCat webinar!3 unread / 3ZephCraven, December 4
TC "request/hold" function5 unread / 5kristilabrie, November 25
cataloging books twice6 unread / 6ZephCraven, November 20
TinyCat Webinars are back!10 unread / 10ZephCraven, November 18
Privacy for old Transaction records4 unread / 4kristilabrie, November 13
"Holds" not working correctly3 unread / 3ZephCraven, November 6
direct access to all tags12 unread / 12ECCClibrary, October 21
How to I check in returned books?15 unread / 15kristilabrie, October 16
Apple per veure el catàleg pel mòvil5 unread / 5kristilabrie, October 16
Customizing HTML?2 unread / 2kristilabrie, October 9
Using Collections for separate locations4 unread / 4ZephCraven, October 7
Circulation Stats - Transactions Timing out4 unread / 4ZephCraven, October 4
How do I make the summaries I write in Library Thing available in TinyCat record view3 unread / 3kristilabrie, September 24
Reference Only Books9 unread / 9kristilabrie, September 24
Limit of patrons for personal libraries2 unread / 2kristilabrie, September 24
Self check-in by patrons6 unread / 6kristilabrie, September 23
MARC Records to Titlewave2 unread / 2gilroy, September 19
Summary and Synopsis14 unread / 14MarthaJeanne, September 19
print shelf list2 unread / 2kristilabrie, September 17
Language5 unread / 5bnielsen, September 16
Circulation rules in Tiny Cat25 unread / 25magnolialibrary, September 12
Extensive lag time when trying to do any check-out/in4 unread / 4ECCClibrary, September 12
TinyCat problems from LibraryThing indexing issue?1 unread / 1SHC_Library, September 11
batch update tags3 unread / 3RWVLibraries, September 11
New books added not appearing in searches2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, September 11
Advanced search filters2 unread / 2ptalibrary, September 9
Book Descriptions4 unread / 4MarthaJeanne, September 9
Importing Patrons from a .csv. file3 unread / 3bpaolibrary, September 9
Setting Account language7 unread / 7dearkitten, September 7
Customizing Item Check Out Email5 unread / 5dearkitten, September 7
Browsing TinyCat?3 unread / 3Nevov, September 7
E-Book System10 unread / 10dearkitten, September 6
Webinars on Pause1 unread / 1ZephCraven, September 5
webinars on zoom3 unread / 3ZephCraven, September 5
Any way to delete old transaction history?5 unread / 5SHC_Library, September 4
delete account1 unread / 1l0g0p7, August 28
Did TinyCat's admin server go down?10 unread / 10maxwi, August 24
Animated cover display7 unread / 7nazcasaitaliana, August 21
MDC number, seen on work sheet2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, August 19
Patron login7 unread / 7kulana, August 17
Is TinyCat Down?27 unread / 27maxwi, August 14
A Place for Patron Instructions?3 unread / 3mice_elf, August 7
New Feature: Admin Users!27 unread / 27mice_elf, August 7
Priorat2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, August 6
This account is currently disabled. Please contact the library for more information.9 unread / 9MarthaJeanne, August 6
Added new books, don't see them on the app4 unread / 4gilroy, August 5
Deleting report data/circulation stats2 unread / 2HBS_lib, July 31
More books showing in sidebar than exist in the my library3 unread / 3jjwilson61, July 27
Other Call Number in Tiny Cat3 unread / 3CNMusicLib, July 24
Search Settings for TinyCat2 unread / 2SandraArdnas, July 22
Creating a TinyCat assignment for library school students1 unread / 1francescadefreitas, July 6
I'm moving, how can I inventory?7 unread / 7GraceCollection, June 28
Tiny Cat Custom status--won't delete9 unread / 9NorthomeLibrary, June 27
Multiple Copies of the same item9 unread / 9MarthaJeanne, June 27
TinyCat Experiment for Book Sales4 unread / 4kristilabrie, June 25
How do you handle returns2 unread / 2kristilabrie, June 24
Patron Return Book2 unread / 2kristilabrie, June 24
Home page - image with links2 unread / 2kristilabrie, June 24
Placing items of "hold" for a patron when it is out to another patron3 unread / 3GretchenVon, June 19
Issue: Microsoft marking librarycat.org as unsafe26 unread / 26VitaSporer, June 12
Making some collections non-circulating (not avble for holds or to check-out)4 unread / 4kristilabrie, June 11
Exploring: Similar in this library2 unread / 2kristilabrie, June 11
TinyCat Tech Issues--SSL?3 unread / 3kristilabrie, May 30
multiple copies16 unread / 16Matosschool, May 29
Created Account for Church, but it shows as Personal... Help?!6 unread / 6Biblioteca-Houssay, May 26
Printing of barcode labels with labelprinter19 unread / 19jjwilson61, May 25
Barcodes24 unread / 24kristilabrie, May 24
Ask About button8 unread / 8kristilabrie, May 24
Circulation count question4 unread / 4kristilabrie, May 24
Barcodes and scanners18 unread / 18kristilabrie, May 20
Multi-Language2 unread / 2kristilabrie, May 14
Report time out7 unread / 7kristilabrie, May 8
February 25 LibraryCat inaccessible10 unread / 10kristilabrie, May 6
What is the workflow supposed to be for patrons having checked out books?3 unread / 3UUCB, April 30
Locked out of tiny cat7 unread / 7kristilabrie, April 26
"Other call number system" query12 unread / 12MarthaJeanne, April 26
using "hold" creatively1 unread / 1st_pauls_library, April 24
Sorts for Home page Browse “canned searches”7 unread / 7AppTrailMuseum, April 22
displaying physical summary6 unread / 6AppTrailMuseum, April 22
TinyCat's 8th Birthday Celebration!2 unread / 2Some1LikeYou, April 19
Request: Index certain linked work relationships for searching7 unread / 7zetetic23, April 19
Display of circulation status in catalog searches6 unread / 6kristilabrie, April 17
Patron emails2 unread / 2kristilabrie, April 15
Delete patrons2 unread / 2norabelle414, April 11
Library landing page3 unread / 3a1cterry11, April 11
Engineering nerd cave1 unread / 1a1cterry11, April 11
TinyCat embedding broken2 unread / 2kristilabrie, April 10
Security warnings3 unread / 3hefclibrary, April 7
Share a list?2 unread / 2kristilabrie, March 29
Has anyone developed a training manual for staff and willing to share?3 unread / 3kristilabrie, March 19
access to webinars5 unread / 5GVR_GAC, March 19
Email to Librarian on check out2 unread / 2kristilabrie, March 18
Recovered checked in record2 unread / 2kristilabrie, March 11
Generating/Creating Patron Library Cards4 unread / 4IBC-Brussels, March 10
GHA TinyCat not accessible5 unread / 5timspalding, February 17
Best way to check books back in?10 unread / 10NeedleChasers, February 16
Change pricing plan5 unread / 5kristilabrie, February 14
changing circulation status from OVERDUE to MISSING automatically2 unread / 2kristilabrie, February 13
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