Maybe it’s because spring is coming (oops, it’s here!), maybe it’s because I have not had enough sleep recently, but I think I am in love with Tim Spalding, Tim Spalding, Tim Spalding. Well, LibraryThing anyway!
Tim Spalding or lollies?
“LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free” - but wait, there’s more – you can also use it to … [Warning: the following list is a very narrow summary of features that is not truly representative of all of the functionality available within LibraryThing. Existing users of LibraryThing may find this offensive]:
- See who else has the book, and what they think about it.
- View and add facts about the book such as character names, awards, or places.
- View and add reviews, ratings, tags.
- View and add cover images and a gallery of authors.
- Look at statistics to see books that you share with other LibraryThing members.
- Use comments to send a note to other members.
- Connect to other people on LibraryThing by joining or creating a group.
Is this enough to pique your interest? If it is then sign up for LibraryThing. Go to the home page, click “Join now” and enter a user name and a password in the yellow box. That’s it.
If you have already used LibraryThing, then what do you think?
October 15, 2009 at 4:24 am
Tim Spalding rocks! He was a great speaker to finish off the Lianza conference yesterday – great delivery, funny, knows his literature and above all gets what librarians do! As someone who has always meant to get around to having a look at LibraryThing, seeing him speak was just the motivation i needed to finally join up. At first glance and try out i suspect it could be quite addictive…
October 16, 2009 at 2:33 am
I joined in 2006, catalogued a few of my books and haven’t been back for ages … I got hung up on having the right cover. But after listening to Tim I’m definitely inspired to get my library online and to join “librarians who LibraryThing” http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar
October 18, 2009 at 8:06 am
i’m on LibraryThing. getting my head around whether only 200 slots will be enough … i reckon i could swing a life membership for $25 USD.
October 26, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Yeah go for the life membership. Its great now that you can have separate sections – I have added most of my husbands books as well but he now has his own section, and I’ve separated out my children’s books. I’m not sure about the wishlist though – I use Amazon’s for that. But its great to be able to add ‘Read but not owned’. I do wish I could add my CDs and DVDs though – there are other places that let you do that.