[Genealib] Using LibraryThing.com to coordinate "look-ups" etc

[Mark Wentling]

Hi folks,

I recently joined LibraryThing.com which is a "social cataloguing" site that 
enables users to post what books they own online, tag them with descriptive 
words/phrases, and then connect with other users who own the same books or 
use the same tags to describe them (the site also has many features for 
suggesting books that might interest you).

I've added lots of my books from my personal genealogy and local history 
collection and the site tells me that for many of them I am the only member 
who owns those titles -- their relative obscurity suggests to me that it 
would be valuable for other genealogists to know that I've got them since I 
could perform look-ups or what not.....

I'm curious how many other people on this list are using LibraryThing.com to 
record their genealogical collections, and how they might then be using the 
site to connect patrons with one another for look-ups and other user needs.

By the way, the site has a "Group" specifically for genealogists called 
"Genealogy @ LT", and the site also offers services to library 
institutions.....

Check it out at LibraryThing.com (it's free to try and to catalog up to 200 
books).

Thanks,
Mark Wentling

My LibraryThing pages:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/mawentling (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/mawentling (catalog)

My Homepage:  http://www.indexcel.com