Week#10 Library Thing

Do you see any practical applications for LibraryThing either at home or at work? Will you start using this site?

I’ve used LibraryThing off and on for various tasks in the past; to create booklists or when putting together displays etc. I’ve always wanted to set up an account, but haven’t. I think this is mostly because none of my friends use LibraryThing and many of the ‘things’ on the Internet I use because my friends use them too. Since you know working at the Library and being into books kind of go hand in hand I really think that sharing what you are reading or want to read is one of the best ways to share books. As a children’s librarian I often really like asking my nieces and nephews what books they’ve read that they liked or what they really want to read. LibraryThing would be great so that we could share that and would also really help when it came time for Christmas to know what they have already read or what kind of books they are currently interested in. I’m also in a book club with a group of friends and so it would be fun to see what else they are reading outside the book club. I think after doing this assignment I finally registered for an account. I thought it was really creative that they used book covers instead of encrypted words to verify my ‘humanity’. I am looking forward to building up my account and wasting my evenings looking up books I’ve read and want to read.