I've been looking at LibraryThing. I can't wait to add more. I have so many children's books, I don't even know what I all own anymore. So far I've added 10 books - mostly kids books, but like a true librarian, I want my cataloging to be exact so I need to wait until I get home to do most of my collection because I have so many that have been reprinted by Scholastic. If you want to see the 10 books I do own look at my LibraryThing account.
Here is the link to my LibraryThing account: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Tifi_Librarian
I really like how easy it is to add titles to LT. What's even better is how it adds the covers of the books! I like the quick visual pics of the books I own. I also like how I can add my own tags - it makes it easier to keep my books in categories. I dislike that it only allows 200 free books (I know I have way more than that at home), but I understand they need to make a profit too. It would also be nice to keep track of all of the books I have read - not just own. Librarian are avid library users! It would make it easier to recommend the newer books if I had the titles on hand. I know I think all the time this would be a great book to recommend to this patron, now if only I could remember the title.
I used the Unsuggester with the book The Library Dragon by Carmen Deedy but not enough people owned that book. So I used Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. These were the top 5 results:
Diary : a novel by Chuck Palahniuk (expected 21.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The man in the high castle by Philip K. Dick (expected 20.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Winter's heart by Robert Jordan (expected 20.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
Count Zero by William Gibson (expected 20.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
No logo : taking aim at the brand bullies by Naomi Klein (expected 19.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
I know this includes every title in LT, but it makes me want to know what the most unsuggested children's books are for this title. :)
Until later--
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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