I say! I just recently read about paperspine.com. It's supposed to be like Netflix, only with books. I think that's going to give the library a run for its money, at least with a certain segment of the population. No overdue fees, keep the item as long as you want, order online, deliveries to you door - what's not to like? Well, it's not free of course, but I think it will attract folks in any case.
If I were not already spending most of my time at the library, I would probably be a convert, I have to say.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thing #11 - Take a look at Library Thing and catalog some of your favorite books
Whoa! Where did November and December go? Infernal holidays....
I've had a Library Thing account since 9/25/07, and I have 29 books in my library. However, it's only now that I have gotten around to Thing 11 of the 23 Things (only 12 more to go!)
I love Library Thing, it's fun and addictive to add books to your library, and arrange them this way and that. I have only now started adding tags, which it seems to me is a big part of the point of Library Thing. After the initial infatuation with Library Thing, I have not found myself to be terribly interested. I think that Library Thing would be indispensable if I did not work at a library. However, working 40 hours a week in the Grand Book Smörgåsbord, I find I am rarely at a loss for what to read next. Nevertheless, I do like having the ability to make up a term that describes what I like about a certain book, and then find other books that have been described the same way. As yet, though, I am the only one on Library Thing to use the tag "bunloaf". In Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, those quaint British children are forever eating bunloaf. I don't know what it is, but it sounds delicious.
I don't know that I have the time or inclination to join a group. I think if I had loads more time, I would spend a lot of it on Library Thing. However, as things stand, it just seems like time I could be reading one of those books piling up next to my bed.
I looked briefly at Library Thing for Libraries. Seems mildly interesting. I think there's a good size group of people who would use it. I never really seem to look at these Things through Library Eyes, but only from my own selfish perspective. I must remember that I am both a patron and staff, so my selfish perspective may come in handy some day.
One thing that disappointed me about Library Thing was the Unsuggester. I love the idea - it will suggest a book that you won't like at all, based on the books you have entered. But I couldn't get it to work - it kept suggesting things I would like. I wonder if I am using it incorrectly. It looks awfully simple though, I don't quite know how I could have gone wrong.
I've had a Library Thing account since 9/25/07, and I have 29 books in my library. However, it's only now that I have gotten around to Thing 11 of the 23 Things (only 12 more to go!)
I love Library Thing, it's fun and addictive to add books to your library, and arrange them this way and that. I have only now started adding tags, which it seems to me is a big part of the point of Library Thing. After the initial infatuation with Library Thing, I have not found myself to be terribly interested. I think that Library Thing would be indispensable if I did not work at a library. However, working 40 hours a week in the Grand Book Smörgåsbord, I find I am rarely at a loss for what to read next. Nevertheless, I do like having the ability to make up a term that describes what I like about a certain book, and then find other books that have been described the same way. As yet, though, I am the only one on Library Thing to use the tag "bunloaf". In Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, those quaint British children are forever eating bunloaf. I don't know what it is, but it sounds delicious.
I don't know that I have the time or inclination to join a group. I think if I had loads more time, I would spend a lot of it on Library Thing. However, as things stand, it just seems like time I could be reading one of those books piling up next to my bed.
I looked briefly at Library Thing for Libraries. Seems mildly interesting. I think there's a good size group of people who would use it. I never really seem to look at these Things through Library Eyes, but only from my own selfish perspective. I must remember that I am both a patron and staff, so my selfish perspective may come in handy some day.
One thing that disappointed me about Library Thing was the Unsuggester. I love the idea - it will suggest a book that you won't like at all, based on the books you have entered. But I couldn't get it to work - it kept suggesting things I would like. I wonder if I am using it incorrectly. It looks awfully simple though, I don't quite know how I could have gone wrong.
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