It scares me that I didn't know about LibraryThing. You (I) would think that working at a library would automatically, magically, connect me with All Things Library. Alas, it is not the case.
Do I see any practical applications for LibraryThing either at home or at work? Will I start using this site? Yes, yes, and ooohhh yes!
I really loved this site. There are so many times that I want to access book reviews either for my own use or that of library customers, and this site made them very easy to look up.
But the favourite feature that I found was that of Recommendations. Once you had brought up the title of a book, you could click on recommendations, and you were then offered a list of 20 suggested titles related to the book you had entered before asking for recommendations. Oh my goodness! So simple and straight forward! This is a wonderful tool to use for Readers' Advisory. I only experimented with it with various adult fiction titles, and have not attempted non-fiction or children's fiction, but I will use this site without question when asked by customers for title suggestions. Fabulous!
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