Monday, October 22, 2007

Library Thing

Today I've been discovering more of the glories of Library Thing. I think I should make up a song along the lines of "Wild Thing"

Library Thing, I Think I love you...
Library Thing, you make my heart sing...

Well, ok, that's overstating it a bit, but isn't it fun? There are actually some other people out there who read the same book as me - and know that the Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries is one of the funniest books in the world.
The tagging makes such a lot of sense; incorporating the tags in library catalogues can add another dimension to making them accessible to users. It makes the whole process so participative and co-operative; readers become involved in the "cataloguing" and tagging rather than having to follow prescriptive rules.
I've added a random list of my books from "Library Thing" as part of the Learning 2.0 process.




1 comment:

Yarra Plenty Library Regional Library said...

We've just put libraryThing through our catalogue. It's great

Lynette