Re: What LibraryThing means to OPACs

From: Miriam Bobkoff <mbobkoff_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:08:35 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Ross Singer wrote:
> So, in a meeting today (in a group that is designing our community
> contributed catalog, Communicat) we were discussing LibraryThing.
>
> Who uses this?  And for what?  It seems a... somewhat pointless service.

Might not be useful for your purposes, but there are 46,000 users; mostly, it
appears, using it for cataloging their own libraries. I found messing around
with LibraryThing--especially the social aspects-- quite illuminating, both
as a reader and as the servant of readers.

Stats from http://www.librarything.com/users.php

"Books cataloged 3,281,622
Total users 46,486 (since August 29, 2005)
Unique works 896,001
Total tags 4,803,606
Total reviews 41,327
Total ratings 460,478
User-contributed covers 89,276 "

Miriam Bobkoff                home: mbobkoff_at_cybermesa.com
Santa Fe Public Library       work: mkbobkoff_at_santafenm.gov
Received on Wed Jun 21 2006 - 22:15:52 EDT