Amazon Tagging RSS Feeds
Amazon has introduced RSS Feeds for tagging items. So, Amazoners can tag books. So can LibraryThingers. I wonder if someone can write a script combining the two. Oh Tim!!!
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Replace Librarians With LibraryThing?
Zach Sims thinks it will: “Now, with a single click, users can access reviews, analysis, book information, and more. In addition, they can talk about the book with friends and other website...
View ArticleTagmashing
David Weinberger: “Tim Spalding at LibraryThing has introduced a new wrinkle in the tagosphere…and wrinkles are welcome because they pucker space in semantically interesting ways.” Tim Spalding:...
View ArticleLibraryThing @ Bowdoin College
Campus News – “When you think of online social networking, the “friending” that goes on among popular Web sites MySpace and Facebook may come to mind, but book lovers in particular are checking out a...
View ArticleMore On The Missing Material At The LOC
Tim Spalding – “It’s too bad asking users for help is harder in the physical than in the digital world—although I’m sure a lot of thingamabrarians would pay for the privilege of rolling a cart...
View ArticleTim Goes Off On Shelfari
Tim Spalding – “We respect our competitors with one exception: the site “Shelfari.com.” Shame on Shelfari. I, for one, will not blog about them anymore, unless they change their practices.
View ArticleJob: LibraryThing for Libraries
Tim Spalding – “LibraryThing is looking for someone to take over the non-coding parts of LibraryThing for Libraries, our innovative plan to bring Library 2.0 gold to OPAC 1.0 slag.”
View ArticleLibrary Thing for (Academic) Libraries
Barbara Fister – “I’ve have been intrigued by Library Thing for Libraries – without knowing entirely how academic libraries might use it. So I fired off some questions for the “technology...
View ArticleGoogle Books in LibraryThing
Tim Spalding – “The official Google Blog and the Inside Book Search Blog just announced the new Google Book Search API, with LibraryThing as one of the first implementors.” See also
View ArticleLTFL Reviews: you stand 300,000 deep
Thingology – “At the end of May, we reached 300,000 reviews vetted and available for LibraryThing for Libraries” Congrats to the LT crew!
View ArticleLocal Book Search: A new way forward for bookselling
LibraryThing – “We’ve just released a slew of new features. We hope members like them all, but Local Book Search is the most important. I won’t mince words: it is intended to change bookselling...
View ArticleLibraryThing debuts BookPsychic at Portland Public Library
“LibraryThing and Bowker® have launched BookPsychic, a new concept in readers advisory — a personal recommender system for libraries. BookPsychic is a service within LibraryThing for Libraries™,...
View ArticleVirtual Book Displays are Easy to Create with New LibraryThing for Libraries...
“LibraryThing for Libraries™ has launched a new Book Display Widget that enables libraries to easily create customizable displays for their homepages. Using the new feature, libraries can routinely...
View ArticleQatar residents gain access to Springer’s eBooks and online journals
“Springer and the Qatar National Library (QNL) have signed a groundbreaking agreement for access to eBooks and electronic journals on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. The national license entitles...
View ArticleSpringer Book Archives completed with more titles than anticipated
“Springer kicked off 2014 by announcing two major accomplishments. The publisher completed its Springer Book Archives (SBA), a four-year project to digitize nearly every book it had published from the...
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