Abstract: A business card directory system to provide a member access to an online business network that includes a server computing device that includes a member interface module and a database and an input device that is coupleable to the server computer device. The system also includes a processor system with a member interface module that is adaptive to receive the first data indicative of one or more paper based business cards and a computer program product stored on a computer usable medium that operates in combination with the processor system and a user interface module adapted to receive the first data and to present the web user interface. There is also a pair of methods for providing a business card directory.