Tag Archives: LibraryThing
Tim Spalding’s “What is Social Cataloguing?” Presentation
Tim Spalding, the founder of LibraryThing, presented at LIANZA this past October, 2009 in New Zealand. He has posted his presentation on YouTube in a series of 6, 9 minute videos. The theme of his presentation? “What is social cataloging?” … Continue reading
Access Your Library: Anytime, Anywhere
While many of you are enjoying ALA midwinter and the new product release announcements, I saw this one from LibraryThing that I just couldn’t ignore. Following their new release of Shelf Browse, they will soon be launching a product called … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Social catalogue, The Library Catalogue
Flash-Mob Cataloging
There’s a new post on The LibraryThing Blog that caught my attention – Flash-Mob Cataloging. What is Flash-Mob Cataloging? According to LibraryThing, it’s “when a horde of LibraryThing members descend on some small library with laptops and CueCat barcode scanners, … Continue reading
LibraryThing as an OPAC resource
“LibraryThing, the popular social network book cataloging site, made waves in the library world with three significant announcements during the first week of August. Of the most direct benefit to libraries, LibraryThing announced on August 7 that it is now … Continue reading
Filed under future of cataloguing, The Library Catalogue
