OK, Lis. I've looked at their publicity after reading your message, and
I'm going to give it a try.
Roger
Lis Riba wrote:
> By the way, has anybody looked at what http://www.librarything.com/ is
> doing?
>
> It's a web-based tool to allow people to catalog their individual
> libraries -- and then connect to other people with similar taste in
> books, or look for trends (see http://www.librarything.com/users.php).
> Books can also be tagged and rated and publically reviewed. And it
> even appears to include MARC records pulled from various sources by
> Z39.50.
>
> The service is free for cataloging up to 200 books; paid accounts
> allow an unlimited library.
>
> And it seems to be relatively popular among people I know.
>
> While this is geared towards individuals rather than institutional
> libraries, it may help to look at the kind of library tools that
> patrons are using for their own collections as a way of getting ideas
> to better serve them.
>
> [The other tool I've seen mentioned for cataloging personal libraries
> is http://www.readerware.com/, a software product which allows users
> to barcode scan ISBNs and looks up the titles to save on data entry.]
--
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Received on Mon Jun 19 2006 - 11:35:44 EDT