Not my thing!

If you know me, you know I have rather unusual tastes in literature so it's sometimes difficult for me to connect with others who share my interests. I guess that Library Thing would be a useful tool for me to find like-minded readers but my initial searches were not very successful. As with all tools, I need to invest more time in understanding its features before jumping to any conclusions.

I do love the idea of sharing tags, ratings, comments and reviews of books online. I am a great fan of the relatively new BiblioCommons platform being adopted by more and more libraries. Users can connect with each other through their library catalogue by adding reviews, comments, ratings and tags to their own collections and by creating annotated lists. It can even include books not held by the hosting library as well as web sites. It adds a wonderful rich layer to searching that is not available in traditional catalogues. Plus, it allows users to organize their materials. If I hadn't already invested so much effort into organizing my books via BiblioCommons, I might give Library Thing more of my time. I may, however, consider using it for a specific area of my collection and will try a little harder to search for more materials with it.

Link to my Library Thing library: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/MelissaPoremba