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Library Thing Tutorial

Library Thing Tutorial. By Katie Taymans and Emily Underwood. What is LibraryThing ?. www.librarything.com. Cataloging and social networking site for book lovers Contribute tags, reviews, and ratings for books in your collection

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Library Thing Tutorial

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  1. Library Thing Tutorial By Katie Taymans and Emily Underwood

  2. What is LibraryThing? www.librarything.com • Cataloging and social networking site for book lovers • Contribute tags, reviews, and ratings for books in your collection • No special knowledge or software required and joining is free • Resource for library patrons to find new books • Tool can be used for reader’s advisory

  3. Why use LibraryThing? • Free to catalog up to 200 books • For more than 200 books, paid account is only $10/year or $25 for a lifetime membership • Libraries can integrate social data into their OPACs • Libraries can linkto local events • Small libraries canuse as a basis fortheir OPAC • Libraries can maketheir existing OPACmobile instantly • “Facebook for books”

  4. How Do I Sign Up? • “Join Now” button located in upper right corner of main page at www.librarything.com • Only information required is your name and e-mail address, or you can join using your existing Facebook or Twitter account

  5. Getting Started • Click “Add books” tab at top • Search by title, author, ISBN, or LC card number • Choose from result box on the right of your screen

  6. Your Books work page

  7. Work Page • Click on work page icon at right or title of book to access an individual book’s page where you can: • Create tags • View recommendations or add your own • Read published and member reviews • See other members who have the book in their collection • View related or similar books • View external sources that reference the book • Link to outside vendors and WorldCat • Rate book using five star system and compare to average rating • Includes “Will you like it?” predictor tool

  8. Work Page

  9. Will You Like It? • Makes predictions based on similarity to other books in your collection and their ratings • The more complete your collection, the more accurate your predictions will be

  10. Common Knowledge • Also includes: • Epigraph • Dedication • First words • Quotations • Last words (spoiler alert) • Disambiguation notice • Publishers • Editors • Blurbers • Publisher series

  11. Your Books detail page

  12. Detail Page • Provides bibliographical information • Lists LibraryThing subject headings • Gives citation information in several formats • Most fields are editable (except subject headings)

  13. Citations • Provides citations in several popular styles. • Citation manager links to OttoBib website

  14. Your Books setcollections

  15. Set Collections • Provides several preset collections. • You can add, change, or rearrange collections.

  16. Your Books Edit your books—also available from the detail page Click to delete books

  17. Display Options

  18. I have my collection. Now what? • Participate in discussion groups in the “talk” tab • Join a group with other like-minded readers • Find out where there is an event near you • Zeitgeist—more statistical information than you’ll ever need • Link to your Facebook, blog, etc. with widgets and apps in “more”!

  19. Resources for further learning • http://www.librarything.com/tour/ --Help getting started • http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Help_and_FAQ --FAQ and Help page • http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Using_LibraryThing_as_an_Integrated_Library_System --How libraries can use it as an ILS • http://www.librarything.com/blogs/librarything/--LibraryThing Blog

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