Using LibraryThing in the Library
November 17, 2006
Scott Pfitzinger has blogged about some innovative ways that libraries can use LibraryThing: using it as a collection development tool, a tool to help build "recommended" lists, find reviews, see what’s popular with the reading public, on and on. It’s a nice list of ways to use this free "cataloging for fun" tool!
November 22nd, 2006 at 8:35 am
It can also be recommended to patrons who want us to save their records of past check-outs after we tell them we can’t save that information for reasons of privacy. The main reason I starting using it is so I remember what I read the past year for when the holidays roll around and I’m thinking about gift ideas.
–Andrea
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:01 am
Andrea,our III catalog offers something called “My Reading History,” which users have to actively turn on, but which will keep a list of everything they’ve checked out. Only they can access the list (not staff). A lot of users really like it.