Like Library Thing, Goodreads is a privately run "social cataloging" website that lets individuals sign up and register books to create individual, but shareable, library catalogs and reading lists. It also allows users to create their own groups of book suggestions and discussions.
- Get great book recommendations from people with similar tastes.
- Keep track of what you've read and keep a *wish* list of what you'd like to read next.
- Get gift ideas for other avid readers.
See also:
Browse these sites and see if it is something that you would consider joining. Do you find one more appealing than other? Why? And of course, find a good book to read :)
How might this kind of "social cataloguing" be utilized at LAC?
How might this kind of "social cataloguing" be utilized at LAC?
WorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 71,000 libraries in 112 countries[1] which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries.
As a worldwide union catalog, WorldCat has helped its contributing libraries give patrons access to a much larger cooperative collection, achieving a scale that no single institution could reach by itself. Now, WorldCat is building an even more expansive Web scale that takes this behind-the-scenes content network and moves it outside the library environment into the all-digital lives of today's information seekers and creators.
People can put WorldCat where they want it
Easy-to-install plug-ins for browser toolbars and Facebook pages let Web users have access to WorldCat searching even when they're away from WorldCat.org. Also, any blogger, organization or library can post the modular WorldCat search box to a site and share WorldCat with their online audience.
video demo:
http://www.worldcat.org/blogs/archives/2008/04/nifty-firefox-extension-to-sea.htm
Add a Worldcat plug-in to your favourite browser
Add a Worldcat plug-in to your favourite browser
add a worldcat search box to your blog. (note that the 23 Things blog has a WorldCat search box at the top of the page :-)
I liked Goodreads. Shelfari seemed sort of rinky-dink. Using one of these social catalogues would be a wonderful way for LAC to get some of our Collections "out there".
ReplyDeleteI like Goodreads because you can access some electronic books to read right away. Social cataloguing at LAC would help us become more visible to the Non-Library world and the records which we create could be used in many personal libraries. I can't wait to show these sites to my son so that we won't have to buy too many paper copies of books any more.
ReplyDeleteGoodreads is a great site. I love that it is more than just a catalogue for people. I found Library Thing far more user friendly, but at the same time, Goodreads seems to have a lot more to it. I'm looking forward to spending more time looking through these sites.
ReplyDeleteI created an account in Goodreads as part of 23 Things. Interesting feature - it searches your address book to come up with "friends" online.
ReplyDeleteI think I will use this in the future to keep track of books I would like to read. Perhaps also to share reading lists with my bookclub, friends, etc.
I tried Weread and it seems to have some interesting features too, like author profiles and videos of the author reading.
I can see the benefit of using Goodreads for keeping track of what I have read, as well as what I would like to read.
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