Using WordPress as a document library

I would like to include a “resources” section in a new WordPress site I’m creating. I was looking for a document library plugin for WP, and amazingly, couldn’t find anything that would work for the simple task of presenting a list of categories, and then displaying uploaded documents in those categories so they could be downloaded.

I could make a resources list by hand, making all the document links myself. But isn’t there a better way? You can’t even add categories to media library items. I thought about making a blog post for each document, putting those in categories, and then putting a link to the document in the body. But that seems too complicated as well, and I would have to write a special display page myself.

Anyone have advice about how to build a document library using WordPress?

I use the Media Library Categories plugin to add categories. It does a wonderful job of adding category functionality, but the code could be improved upon and custom implementation requires some knowledge of PHP, as it only provides you with a shortcode and no documentation.

This Question, maybe be able to help you if you choose this solution.