LibraryThing is a lot of fun! I first heard about it a year or so ago in a librarian-related blog, and I know it's just the type of web 2.0 tool that us library folks love to play with, although I can see now that plenty of other people are playing with it too. Tools like these make it easy for people to share their opinions about books and find recommendations. It's like browsing through your friend's bookshelf, but now you can do it from across the globe, and with anyone willing to share. This should clue us in libraries in that people want more than just a catalog. People want tags, ratings, reviews, images,, recommendations, etc. along with just the MARC info. I like the way that libraries are using it to highlight books on their webpages. A very cool idea! We could do this on our main page or for our individual branch blogs, Myspaces, etc.
I added several books to my LibraryThing. I also added a neat widget to my sidebar that shows the random covers of some of the books in my catalog.
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