My previous comment about library thing may have been a bit brief (or not actually a comment) so here is a bit more. All libraries should add Librarything for libraries to their online catalogues. These catalogue additions enhance the catalogue immensely, adding user generated tags to complement the existing subject headings and giving access to book reviews.
The Cockburn Libraries catalogue has the ability for users to add comments/reviews to the book records, however even if lots and lots of our members did this (so far the up-take isn't great, or good even), you would still be working off a very small population base. This is why librarything reviews are so much better, as you drawing for a huge population of readers to get your ratings, reviews and tags.
At Success Library we set up a librarything account for the book club so we could create a widget to display the book club books on the book clubs' page on the library website. Cockburn Libraries also have a staff current reading account, so we can display a widget of what staff are reading on the library's blog .
..and the staff do such a great job at updating what they're reading right? :) Me included. (although I'm mostly reading comics at the moment so I may be excluded.)
ReplyDeleteIt seems all the other staff take 6 months to read any book(???). Comics look nice in the widget.
ReplyDeleteYou're right - it does take a while to read a book so in some ways things like library thing depress me because you see so many other great books that you probably won't end up reading.
ReplyDeleteglad to see you added to your LibraryThing comment - previous one was a bit less than the mandatory 100 words!
ReplyDeleteLibrary thing is the one that I enjoyed and I feel that this one is one of the Important things to have on our blog and webpages if it is library related.
ReplyDeleteSome staff may only get time to read one book every 6 months! I always have grand plans for reading more and spending less time staring at computer screens but life seems to be taking me down the 'work constantly' path atm. I will make a special effort to update the staff library thing list though, just for you :)
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