Are you a booklover or cataloger at heart?
Do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems on the shelf to read?
Then LibraryThing may be just the tool for you. Developed for booklovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own, it also connects you to other people who have similar libraries and reading tastes. Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title or connect with other users through your similar reading tastes. There are lots of ways to use LibraryThing. You can even view your books on a virtual shelf, add a widget to display titles that are in your catalog on your blog, or install a LT Search box on your blog.
Not just for personal collections, libraries have started using LibraryThing as well. Small libraries are using LibraryThing to catalog their collections. Libraries are using the LibraryThing widget on their web pages to recommend books and list new titles. Being a non-commercial site makes LibraryThing a good option for libraries. According to their website, LibraryThing "is exploring relationships with libraries, to offer non-commercially motivated recommendations and other social data." So why not join the ranks and create your own library online. With over 95,000 registered users (LibraryThing also has group forum for librarians) and 6.7 million books cataloged, you're bound to discover something new.
- About LibraryThing
- Library Thing tour
- LibraryThing blog (updates & news)
- Thingology blog (LibraryThing's ideas blog, on the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries and suchnot)
- How libraries are using LibraryThing
- Yarra Plenty Regional Library (click on search catalogue, search an item, click on detail, notice tag cloud at the bottom of the page)
- Kingston Library
- Washington State Library
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Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account - it's easy! Add some books to your library and create a blog post about your findings and provide a link to your LibraryThing catalog. How popular were your books? Did you find any discussions about your favorites? Do you think this could be useful in your school?
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