Are you book lover or cataloger at heart? Or 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 -- It’s so easy that you don’t even need MARC record training to do it – 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 (see
sidebar for sample) to display titles that are in your catalog or install a
LT Search box on your blog.
So why not join the ranks and create your own library online. With over 65,000 registered (BTW: LibraryThing also has group forum for
librarians users and over 4.7 million cataloged books, you're bound to discover something new.
Discovery Resources:Discovery Exercise:
- Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account.
- Add a least 5 books to your library.
- Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog.
1 comment:
Sadly, it was not obvious to me how to get my Library Thing catalog onto the blog.
1. After logging into Library Thing, choose the "Your Profile" tab
2 On the right side of the page is "Put Your Library on Your Blog"!
(Oops, how did I miss that the first time?)
3 Select the features for your Library Thing widget
4 Copy and paste the HTML into your blog
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