Comments on: Library Thing…Finally http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11317 Rachel Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:26:15 +0000 #comment-11317 This site is great for kids too! My 10 year old daughter started using it when i did & never has a problem now wondering what to read. She will put in her favourite books & authors & then find out what other books they have written, who else is reading the same books she is and check out what they are reading. A really great way to get kids to extend their range of literary choices & maybe (though i haven't suggested it to my daughter) to write about the books they have read to help inform other kids choices... This site is great for kids too! My 10 year old daughter started using it when i did & never has a problem now wondering what to read. She will put in her favourite books & authors & then find out what other books they have written, who else is reading the same books she is and check out what they are reading. A really great way to get kids to extend their range of literary choices & maybe (though i haven’t suggested it to my daughter) to write about the books they have read to help inform other kids choices…

]]> By: Not So Distant Future » Your own library http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11296 Not So Distant Future » Your own library Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:43:28 +0000 #comment-11296 [...] Will Richardson, (who by the way is coming to speak here on February 6!) shared two great sites for those of you who love books or want a way to keep up with your books. [...] [...] Will Richardson, (who by the way is coming to speak here on February 6!) shared two great sites for those of you who love books or want a way to keep up with your books. [...]

]]> By: Alice Mercer http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11273 Alice Mercer Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:29:20 +0000 #comment-11273 The social networking/sharing of book lists is nice. It reminds me of http://bookcrossing.com/, but I liked that even better because of the whole thing of not just sharing the idea of the book, but actually sharing the book, and seeing it move around. I keep hearing about the death of the book as a paper and print product, but I still find the paradigm of a physical book compelling, and the idea of one moving around the world from stranger to stranger is pretty impressive. The social networking/sharing of book lists is nice. It reminds me of http://bookcrossing.com/,
but I liked that even better because of the whole thing of not just sharing the idea of the book, but actually sharing the book, and seeing it move around. I keep hearing about the death of the book as a paper and print product, but I still find the paradigm of a physical book compelling, and the idea of one moving around the world from stranger to stranger is pretty impressive.

]]> By: Nancy White http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11256 Nancy White Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:19:17 +0000 #comment-11256 I got hooked too. Now when I see a book sitting around the house, I have the impulse to grab it and enter it into my bookshelf http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=choconancy I got hooked too. Now when I see a book sitting around the house, I have the impulse to grab it and enter it into my bookshelf http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=choconancy

]]> By: Melissa Brumsted http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11253 Melissa Brumsted Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:15:12 +0000 #comment-11253 The Librarian for LibraryThing is coming to speak at the Grad. School of LIS at Simmons College, Boston, in February. Here's the link to our ALA student chapter blog, where we'll be posting a series of questions we posed to Abby about her job and her responses, leading up to her presentation Feb. 7th. http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/alasc/2007/01/social_networking_for_biblioph.html The Librarian for LibraryThing is coming to speak at the Grad. School of LIS at Simmons College, Boston, in February. Here’s the link to our ALA student chapter blog, where we’ll be posting a series of questions we posed to Abby about her job and her responses, leading up to her presentation Feb. 7th. http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/alasc/2007/01/social_networking_for_biblioph.html

]]> By: Melissa Brumsted http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11252 Melissa Brumsted Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:14:27 +0000 #comment-11252 The Librarian for LibraryThing is coming to speak at the Grad. School of LIS at Simmons College in February. Here's the link to our blog, where we'll be posting a series of questions we posed to Abby about her job and her responses, leading up to her presentation Feb. 7th. http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/alasc/2007/01/social_networking_for_biblioph.html The Librarian for LibraryThing is coming to speak at the Grad. School of LIS at Simmons College in February. Here’s the link to our blog, where we’ll be posting a series of questions we posed to Abby about her job and her responses, leading up to her presentation Feb. 7th. http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/alasc/2007/01/social_networking_for_biblioph.html

]]> By: Craig Duplessie http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11235 Craig Duplessie Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:12:37 +0000 #comment-11235 Oops... I forgot to share my Shelfari shelf: http://www.shelfari.com/craig_d Oops… I forgot to share my Shelfari shelf:
http://www.shelfari.com/craig_d

]]> By: Craig Duplessie http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11232 Craig Duplessie Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:54:50 +0000 #comment-11232 I just started playing with Shelfari today. I opened up the LibraryThing website before I signed up for an account, but the Shelfari site was asthetically more pleasing to me, so I went with it. Very Cool! I'm going to create a second account this weekend to track my 4 year old daughter's quickly expanding library. Will, your comment about del.icio.us is so true... I showed del.icio.us to a group a teachers during a pd session on Tuesday and thier eyes glazed over. I know the reaction will be different when I show teachers LibraryThing or Shelfari. I just started playing with Shelfari today. I opened up the LibraryThing website before I signed up for an account, but the Shelfari site was asthetically more pleasing to me, so I went with it. Very Cool!

I’m going to create a second account this weekend to track my 4 year old daughter’s quickly expanding library.

Will, your comment about del.icio.us is so true… I showed del.icio.us to a group a teachers during a pd session on Tuesday and thier eyes glazed over. I know the reaction will be different when I show teachers LibraryThing or Shelfari.

]]> By: Alec Couros http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11223 Alec Couros Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:29:02 +0000 #comment-11223 And, if you are using Mac OS X, it integrates well with Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/). Oh, and here's my profile if you need a new LibraryThing friend: (http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=courosa) And, if you are using Mac OS X, it integrates well with Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/).

Oh, and here’s my profile if you need a new LibraryThing friend: (http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=courosa)

]]> By: Alan http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11221 Alan Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:43:44 +0000 #comment-11221 I too got rather bitten dep from the first click. LibraryThing does so many things right: http://cogdogblog.com/2007/01/03/librarything/ It has that flickr-ish magical balance of gain to the individual (a way to organize info w/o too much labor) and at no extra cost, a multiplied effect when you aggregate with other people's "things". And there are so many layers, and seemngly infinite ways to joyfully discover. Yet, it seems like it ought to be one of those Teacher 2.0 regular tools, but am not sure if I've seen much uptake. FWIW, I started this when trying to suggest it might be a better way than email for a group to build a reading list... There is good reason perhaps to separate professional and personal readings, so I have 2 accounts: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cogdogblog http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cogdog And even cooler, just discovered! When I am logged into one of my accounts, and view your catalong, it shows me which books we have in common. Love this stuff. I too got rather bitten dep from the first click. LibraryThing does so many things right:
http://cogdogblog.com/2007/01/03/librarything/

It has that flickr-ish magical balance of gain to the individual (a way to organize info w/o too much labor) and at no extra cost, a multiplied effect when you aggregate with other people’s “things”. And there are so many layers, and seemngly infinite ways to joyfully discover.

Yet, it seems like it ought to be one of those Teacher 2.0 regular tools, but am not sure if I’ve seen much uptake.

FWIW, I started this when trying to suggest it might be a better way than email for a group to build a reading list… There is good reason perhaps to separate professional and personal readings, so I have 2 accounts:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cogdogblog
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cogdog

And even cooler, just discovered! When I am logged into one of my accounts, and view your catalong, it shows me which books we have in common.

Love this stuff.

]]> By: Ratcatcher http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11220 Ratcatcher Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:45:56 +0000 #comment-11220 This Library Journal article reviews LibraryThing and its competitors: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6404151.html (I recommend LibraryThing, myself...) This Library Journal article reviews LibraryThing and its competitors: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6404151.html

(I recommend LibraryThing, myself…)

]]> By: Heather Ross http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11217 Heather Ross Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:12:49 +0000 #comment-11217 Will, Have you looked at Shelfari? www.shelfari.com I really like it, but for some bizarre reason it's blocked at work right now. Will,

Have you looked at Shelfari?

http://www.shelfari.com

I really like it, but for some bizarre reason it’s blocked at work right now.

]]> By: Carolyn Foote http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11216 Carolyn Foote Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:18:43 +0000 #comment-11216 Will, Ok, ;) I couldn't resist the comment about the demise of books ;) I always tell people that the internet is basically making everyone their own librarian and now they can see how much fun we've been having all this time ;) This site is a very cool idea, and I wonder why I didn't know about it already! It's like Amazon for your own catalog. And by the way, as I'm writing that, I'm thinking that of course Amazon.com beat libraries to the punch, because library catalog software is just barely catching up to the ideas in Amazon's database, and now, Library thing has beat them to the punch on the rest of it! (an aside--but it's also interesting that libraries are modeling themselves now after Barnes/Noble, etc., once again, being beaten to the punch by a commercial entity. The pace of change is driving change within the library world, which I have to add is adapting somewhat quickly in a lot of ways.) It strikes me how well this ties into the ideas in your previous post too, of connectivity and sharing ideas. Books won't sit "alone" on your shelves any more. Love this and hope you'll share it at my campus! Will,

Ok, ;) I couldn’t resist the comment about the demise of books ;) I always tell people that the internet is basically making everyone their own librarian and now they can see how much fun we’ve been having all this time ;)

This site is a very cool idea, and I wonder why I didn’t know about it already!

It’s like Amazon for your own catalog. And by the way, as I’m writing that, I’m thinking that of course Amazon.com beat libraries to the punch, because library catalog software is just barely catching up to the ideas in Amazon’s database, and now, Library thing has beat them to the punch on the rest of it!

(an aside–but it’s also interesting that libraries are modeling themselves now after Barnes/Noble, etc., once again, being beaten to the punch by a commercial entity. The pace of change is driving change within the library world, which I have to add is adapting somewhat quickly in a lot of ways.)

It strikes me how well this ties into the ideas in your previous post too, of connectivity and sharing ideas. Books won’t sit “alone” on your shelves any more.

Love this and hope you’ll share it at my campus!

]]> By: Alja Sulčič http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/library-thingfinally/comment-page-1/#comment-11215 Alja Sulčič Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:26:57 +0000 #comment-11215 Thanks for the link! Seems like digital libriaries are really getting popular lately. You might also find this site interesting: http://www.shelfari.com/ - it's a similar social library thing :) Thanks for the link! Seems like digital libriaries are really getting popular lately. You might also find this site interesting: http://www.shelfari.com/ – it’s a similar social library thing :)

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