Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Thing 13: Library Thing

Where the wild things are

Library Thing initially looks like a really useful online tool: finally a site for book lovers with the ability to paste in book covers to make it visually attractive. I could see this being a great site for reading groups and library programming gigs. For myself, though, I am thinking about this and wondering who would want to know what is in my library. Not only that, I have already signed up at so many social sites such as Digg, Zolo Wiki, Flickr, that I am beginning to feel like a flighty, thrill seeking butterfly. Library thing is a fascinating concept though. I did find some lists on Florida hurricane fiction that looked really interesting.Mmm. Nothing on Gainesville and no reading groups.My inner cataloging alter ego says that I better shelve my misgivings about another account, sign up, learn the ropes and revisit this site when I have more time to catalog the collection in our house, including my husband's entomology and biology books. For posterity and bug lovers all.