Again a tool that is easy to use in a basic fashion (see my link to my Library Thing page) and one that would be wonderful for a book club to share. However once again, unless the members are interested and skilled in computer usage the idea falls flat. Library Thing might be wonderful for a Youth Book Club, or for Library staff to maintain a Library Thing page and share their reading lists with patrons (The Library Staff Recommends...) or a school English class perhaps. There is great potential.
We have a webzine Can of Words, built and maintained by our library, which includes a Reviews section. Library Thing could be used in conjuction with that but again I find a lot of readers are not computer literate enough to engage directly with a utility such as this. Maybe this all indicates a need for more IT Skills training in our Library ...again time and staffing...real time people issues are the stumbling points.
BAM
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