Week 5: LibraryThing

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Are you a book lover or cataloger at heart? Do you enjoy finding lost and forgotten gems to read? Then LibraryThing may be just the tool for you.


Developed for booklovers, this online tool not only allows you to easily create an online catalog of your own, it also connects you to other people who have similar reading tastes. Add a book to your catalog by just entering the title -- it's so easy that you don't even need MARC record training to do it.

So why not join the ranks and create your own library online? With over 313,000 registered users, a group forum for librarians, and over 23 million cataloged books, you're bound to discover something new with LibraryThing.


Discovery Resources:

• About LibraryThing
  
• Library Thing tour
  
• LibraryThing blog (updates & news)

Discovery Exercise:

[1] Take a look around LibraryThing and create an account.

[2] Add at least 5 books to your library.

[3] Blog about your findings and be sure to link to your LibraryThing catalog.

Note: The format of your LibraryThing catalog address is: www.librarything.com/catalog/your_user_name