Yay LibraryThing!!

March 3rd, 2007

Congrats to Tim and the crew at LibraryThing on the article in the New York Times.

"But the swift, accurate cataloguing of her books is not what she prizes most about LibraryThing.

“I love the social aspect,” she said.

Many social connections thrive at the site. Although members can keep all details of their online catalog private, most choose to display their libraries, so Ms. Havemann can learn about other members’ collections just as she might if she visited their homes.

For example, software on the site shows her who else among the members has the same titles she has. All the information is listed by user name, which does not have to be one’s real name; that means bookworms can remain anonymous while sharing the details of their collections. There are more than 1,500 discussion groups on the site, too, as well as shared information on the tags or descriptive words that members use to keep track of their books."

Tim will be speaking about LT at CIL this year.  Make sure you stop by and say hello (and give him a hug too - I plan to)

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