#7: LibraryThing

LibraryThing is a pretty cool place to visit. It's the equivalent of the Visual Bookshelf application on Facebook really, but better organised.

There were forums and different groups that you could join, including a group of Librarians who LibraryThing. I browsed through their forum, and there were some very entertaining posts for "Funny Requests from patrons". Under the Tools tab, you have these other options of what to do on/with LibraryThing, including how to make a photomosaic or a poster of all the book covers in your catelogue. (Which I thought was pretty cool, might do that later)

I don't have as much time these days to read as I would like, so my collection would be growing at a very slow rate. (Not to mention remembering the titles I've read, I have a terrible memory.)

As for how LibraryThing could be applied at Manukau Libraries... hmm... maybe somehow incoporate some of its features into My Info? Anyway, I think I would keep LibraryThing after the nine weeks' up.

Here's the link to my collection, at its infancy:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jctaco