Library Cataloging
Here is a very useful website for book-lovers, BookTour. Shows what authors are speaking in an area.
- Houston Area For Tweens Librarians
Not my area, but for public staff serving tweens the Tweens Read Book Festival looks great. 20 Authors! Free and open to the public! The goal of the Tweens Read Book Festival is to celebrate and promote reading by connecting tweens with authors. The target...
- Cataloging Info By The Crowd
The LibraryThing weblog has a post about their users adding author information.On Thursday we introduced a silly new "meme" page called "Dead or Alive?" which listed your authors by their mortal status--alive, dead, unknown or "not a person." (See the...
- Librarything Local
LibraryThing Local maps libraries, bookstores, and book events.LibraryThing Local is a gateway to thousands of local bookstores, libraries and book festivals?and to all the author readings, signings, discussions and other events they host. It is our attempt...
- Nlm Authority File
NLM has announced the implementation of a new authority index feature in the NLM Catalog. This feature provides access to an index of full author names (including dates and name qualifiers), organizations, and conference names, as well as series titles,...
- Contributor Biographical Information
856 links will now lead to contributor biographical information in LC bib records. This is the latest project in the ONIX family of projects. The ONIX standard calls this information 'contributor information' rather than author or editor information...
Library Cataloging
BookTour
Here is a very useful website for book-lovers, BookTour. Shows what authors are speaking in an area.
We're a free online service that connects authors and potential audiences of all sorts, from book groups to civic organizations, from bookstores to corporate events. Authors create their own page (biography, books, tour dates and availability) and any group looking for speakers can find them and contact them directly to arrange for an appearance. Relevant information for both authors and venues can be added in minutes through a simple fill-in-the-blanks interface. Connecting authors with potential audiences then becomes as easy as searching (by geography, book titles, subject, dates of availability) and sending an email.There is an interview with the site's creators, Kevin Smokler and Adam Goldstein, on IT Conversations.
- Houston Area For Tweens Librarians
Not my area, but for public staff serving tweens the Tweens Read Book Festival looks great. 20 Authors! Free and open to the public! The goal of the Tweens Read Book Festival is to celebrate and promote reading by connecting tweens with authors. The target...
- Cataloging Info By The Crowd
The LibraryThing weblog has a post about their users adding author information.On Thursday we introduced a silly new "meme" page called "Dead or Alive?" which listed your authors by their mortal status--alive, dead, unknown or "not a person." (See the...
- Librarything Local
LibraryThing Local maps libraries, bookstores, and book events.LibraryThing Local is a gateway to thousands of local bookstores, libraries and book festivals?and to all the author readings, signings, discussions and other events they host. It is our attempt...
- Nlm Authority File
NLM has announced the implementation of a new authority index feature in the NLM Catalog. This feature provides access to an index of full author names (including dates and name qualifiers), organizations, and conference names, as well as series titles,...
- Contributor Biographical Information
856 links will now lead to contributor biographical information in LC bib records. This is the latest project in the ONIX family of projects. The ONIX standard calls this information 'contributor information' rather than author or editor information...