Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 Overview

LibraryThing

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What is LibraryThing?

• http://www.librarything.com
• Organize your books, catalog them, add descriptive tags.
• Share your library with others.
• Read reviews, explore book recommendations.
• Great for Readers Advisory.
• Create RSS feed of titles to put on your web & blog pages - new titles, subject based title lists and more.
• Follow what others are reading and adding to their personal libraries.
• Free account - add up to 200 books. $10 year - unlimited. $25 - lifetime membership!

Library Examples

• Danbury PL (CT) Catalog incorporates LibrayThing info First library to incorporate tags and 'similar books' recommendations from Library Thing.
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Secret River by Kate Grenville - Australian fiction
• Westport PL (CT) has added LibraryThing info too.
  • Atonement
  • There Eyes Were Watching God
• Teen Page with LibraryThing feed: http://www.franklintwp.org/teenmainpage.htm
• Library Careers NY feed of professional books http://www.librarycareersny.org/librarything.cfm
• New Books List http://www.shenandoah.lib.ia.us
• Newham Univ Hospital Library http://www.librarything.com/profile/KLSatNUHT
• NYS Small Business Developmemt Council Research Network  http://www.librarything.com/profile/nyssbdc
• Southeastern Library Services (IA)  http://www.sls.lib.ia.us/ 
• LibraryThing for Libraries - more libraries using LibraryThing in their catalogs

More to Explore

• Groups: Explore LibraryThing groups. There’s a group for librarians called “Librarians who LibraryThing”. Groups include discussions, so this is a good place to get some ideas for using LibraryThing in libraries.
• Readers Advisory: Do you have a challenging readers advisory question? Try it here.
• Start building a network: Find someone else who owns one of your favorite books. Check out their profile and see if you share any other books. Add them to your list of friends if you like.
• See if you can find any of your friends and colleagues.

• Widgets: Add a LibraryThing widget to your web page. Click on the Tools tab to find out how.
• Explore Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com/) another book cataloging service.

For More Information on LibraryThing

• Danbury, CT kicks off LibraryThing for Libraries!

  http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/05/danbury-ct-kicks-off-librarything-for.php
• How Libraries are Using LibraryThing, LibraryThing blog, September 16, 2006

  http://www.librarything.com/blog/2006/09/how-libraries-are-using-librarything.php

• Chief Thingamabrarian By Melissa L. Rethlefsen — January 15, 2007, LibraryJournal.com

  http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6403633.html 

• Product Pipeline Melissa L. Rethlefsen —January 15, 2007 LibraryJouranl.com

  http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6404151.html 

• Librarians Who Library Thing (LibraryThing user group over 1600 members http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar

   Discuss uses of LT in libraries.

   

Other Book Services

• Shelfari
• Good Reads
• Revish
• What Should I Read Next

Example of a Widget from LibraryThing

• You can place these on your blogs, wikis, web pages.
• Provide the code to others who might want to put your content on their web pages.
• Customizable by tags and more.

var sc_project=3086023; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=27; var sc_security="ca9c6970";