Comments on: LibraryThing for (Academic) Libraries http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LibraryThing for Academic Libraries « katzlibrary http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-216356 LibraryThing for Academic Libraries « katzlibrary Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:38:47 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-216356 [...] LibraryThing for Academic Libraries.  Reading about others doing the kind of ‘social networking’ for books that Facebook does for people makes you wonder about all kinds of ramifications.  For one, do the books that get tagged by users become permanently associated with that user?  What if it is a controversial book (pick anything, depending on a place in the world)?  Do the books chosen necessarily reflect the users’ interests anyway–or are we judging them according to their teenage kids’ tastes?  What if you don’t like a recent politicians’ biography–do you ‘bomb’ it with negative tags? [...] [...] LibraryThing for Academic Libraries.  Reading about others doing the kind of ‘social networking’ for books that Facebook does for people makes you wonder about all kinds of ramifications.  For one, do the books that get tagged by users become permanently associated with that user?  What if it is a controversial book (pick anything, depending on a place in the world)?  Do the books chosen necessarily reflect the users’ interests anyway–or are we judging them according to their teenage kids’ tastes?  What if you don’t like a recent politicians’ biography–do you ‘bomb’ it with negative tags? [...]

]]> By: Quick Response Tags | Carmon Thomas http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-197957 Quick Response Tags | Carmon Thomas Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:17:02 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-197957 [...] LibraryThing for (Academic) Libraries (acrlog.org) [...] [...] LibraryThing for (Academic) Libraries (acrlog.org) [...]

]]> By: Tracy Ruppman » Blog Archive » Thing 9 - Social Tagging - LibraryThing http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-107554 Tracy Ruppman » Blog Archive » Thing 9 - Social Tagging - LibraryThing Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:48:24 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-107554 [...] what we could do with it in our catalog, if anything. I looked at the catalog of the library in the ACRL article, but didn’t see any LibraryThing tags. Maybe I’m not supposed to, but I really wanted [...] [...] what we could do with it in our catalog, if anything. I looked at the catalog of the library in the ACRL article, but didn’t see any LibraryThing tags. Maybe I’m not supposed to, but I really wanted [...]

]]> By: Janelle’s 768 Blog » TOC (topic of choice) http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-103867 Janelle’s 768 Blog » TOC (topic of choice) Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:25:09 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-103867 [...] ACRL blog post on LibraryThing for Academic Libraries. [...] [...] ACRL blog post on LibraryThing for Academic Libraries. [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 Review: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…LibraryThing is my favorite « oblogation http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-101713 Web 2.0 Review: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…LibraryThing is my favorite « oblogation Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:18:43 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-101713 [...] Candace Lebel, their Integrated Library Systems Manager, said that they, “were impressed with the ease and speed of implementation of LibraryThing for Libraries.” Alexandra Chappell, a Reference and Instruction Librarian, said that LTFL, “was a great way for us to test out a Web 2.0 idea, without having to make a huge change to the catalog. LTFL was a quick and easy way for us to incorporate tags and book suggestions into our catalogs without having to start from scratch by building it locally over time.” And Jezmynne Westcott, Science Librarian, said, “2.0 concepts like tagging, community reviews, and rating items involves the user and gives them a feeling of engagement and ownership with the content.” (Link to ACRLog) [...] [...] Candace Lebel, their Integrated Library Systems Manager, said that they, “were impressed with the ease and speed of implementation of LibraryThing for Libraries.” Alexandra Chappell, a Reference and Instruction Librarian, said that LTFL, “was a great way for us to test out a Web 2.0 idea, without having to make a huge change to the catalog. LTFL was a quick and easy way for us to incorporate tags and book suggestions into our catalogs without having to start from scratch by building it locally over time.” And Jezmynne Westcott, Science Librarian, said, “2.0 concepts like tagging, community reviews, and rating items involves the user and gives them a feeling of engagement and ownership with the content.” (Link to ACRLog) [...]

]]> By: Debbie Malone http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-74533 Debbie Malone Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:29:24 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-74533 Barbara Your posting here is exactly why I love this ACRL Blog! The LibraryThing library is something I had not heard about before, and I want to take a serious look at it for my library catalog. Thank you so much for your interview with the Claremont Colleges librarians. Their comments were very descriptive and useful. Barbara
Your posting here is exactly why I love this ACRL Blog! The LibraryThing library is something I had not heard about before, and I want to take a serious look at it for my library catalog. Thank you so much for your interview with the Claremont Colleges librarians. Their comments were very descriptive and useful.

]]> By: Lisa Allen http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-73097 Lisa Allen Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:52:29 +0000 http://acrlog.org/2008/03/08/library-thing-for-academic-libraries/#comment-73097 Barbara, Thanks for posting -- we use LibraryThing to showcase our new books (in a small academic library at a satellite campus) so it's great to hear about this new development. BTW, thanks for sharing your LibraryThing library too -- I'm always on the look-out for new authors to read! Barbara,

Thanks for posting — we use LibraryThing to showcase our new books (in a small academic library at a satellite campus) so it’s great to hear about this new development. BTW, thanks for sharing your LibraryThing library too — I’m always on the look-out for new authors to read!

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