Showing posts with label LibraryThing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LibraryThing. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

More about Things #11 and 12

Some people have been discussing LibraryThing for Libraries on their ELL blogs and I've heard a few discussions wondering what it would take to implement LibraryThing for Libraries in our catalog.
From my understanding (and I'd love to hear discussion from some of the more knowlegeable EPLer's about this), the first hurdle to implementing LibraryThing for Libraries (or any system of patron-generated tags or comments) is that it would have to be a CCS-wide decision. We don't have a stand-alone catalog. We are a member of the CCS consortium and get our ILS ("integrated library system"--cataloging, circulation, etc.) through this consortium.
I can't imagine that LibraryThing for Libraries has not been discussed by CCS members. Does anyone know if there's a plan in the works to include LibraryThing (or any) tags, recommendations, etc. in CCS?
To see an example of LibraryThing for Libraries in action, look at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library or Lincoln Trails Library System catalogs.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Thing #11: LibraryThing vs. GoodReads

I've found myself using GoodReads much more than LibraryThing. Again, I think this is mainly because most of my friends were already on GoodReads. However, it seems that LibraryThing uses tags much more efficiently and the edit screens are simpler and easier to use. Also, the tools they have developed (and are developing) for public libraries (pulling LT tags into the catalog, etc.) are pretty awesome.