Monday, September 29, 2008

Library Thing

I looked at Library Thing but didn't want to pay for when I go over 200 books, (which won't take long for me), so I looked at Goodreads and that seems to be limitless. I created my shelves basically to help me as an advisory tool...so things like Y for boys, Y for girls, easy readers for girls, easy readers for boys, adult humorous, etc. I'm sure I'll be changing/adjusting categories...perhaps adding my own reviews for those things I liked alot. I'll be glad to get away from my handwritten journal...

I'm sure patrons would enjoy writing and reading reviews just like I enjoy reading hotel reviews from Trip Advisor and book/DVD reviews from Amazon. I'd like to see staff add tags for things we know we get lots of requests for like reluctant readers, etc.

1 comment:

bim said...

AquaBrowser's "My Discoveries" module which AACPL is getting will allow patrons & staff to keep track of what they've read plus assign reviews and share what others have read. Should be good if a lot of people participate.