Well, I'm working on getting my Librarything account set up the way I want it. Emy is so excited. She's been on me to join this forever! She's updating her info at the same time she's trying to help me get more of my collection on there. Seeing as how nearly all of my books are in Blue Grass and I am in Waterloo she's been a very big help. I'm pretty good at remembering the recent books I've read and the series that I am currently in, but I've got picture storybooks that I haven't looked at since I was in college and it's hard to remember what books I read from the Trinity library and what books I bought while working at Trinity. I've got a lot of young adult and intermediate fiction. Mind, some of those books are from when I was an intermediate reader, for example "The Kid in the Red Jacket" by Barbra Park. That book is a side splitter for sure. I'll have to go through all my book boxes when I get home. I haven't even started in on my Babysitter's Club books yet, but I did donate some of those to Trinity so I can't remember if I still have the first 10 in order any more.
It's funny to see the different ways that Emy and I arrange our books. So far she's the only "friend" I have on the website. I joined the group Librarians on Librarything, and I'm thinking about joining another group. I'll probably make more "friends" once I get on the threads and start participating in discussions. I just wanted to set up my books the best I could before I got into all the extras. I've been looking at the discussions and other tabs today. I'm probably gonna be on this site all day!
I'm not sure how I would use this in a school library yet, but I'm sure by the end of the day I'll have a better idea. I've been trying to keep that thought in mind as I've poked around the site today. Some of the functions are really great, and others seem kind of useless. I'll get more into it during my presentation or in my reflection for class.
The first time Emy tried to get me to join this site was right after she took cataloging, years ago now. She loved it, but I didn't see what the big deal was. Sure you can have all your books cataloged online...then what? What are you going to do with that information now? But seeing some of the other features has really changed my perspective. There is a "local" tab that I'm in love with. I've favorited some books stores, even the second hand bookshop in downtown Davenport was there. If there were any local "to-do's" going on it would be listed there as well. I think the DPL, Davenport Public Library, should advertise some of their summer programs on Librarything. Maybe it would pull in some new people! I guess that's one way the school library could benefit from using Librarything. I could advertise book fairs and other events that were taking place at the library that may be open to "the public." So those are my thoughts so far, I'll try to be done for now and save the rest for my presentation and reflection!
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