Library Cataloging
An interesting personal cataloging site is, Library Thing. It allows a person to enter 200 books for free or an unlimited number for 10.00. It get the cataloging information from the Library of Congress or allows the user to manually input the data. Then it adds the ability to add tags, find others with similar collections, Steve Cohen has suggested they add RSS feeds and it looks like it will be in the works. The user can select up to 7 fields to display. It displays covers and provides a link to Amazon. It allows users to include a profile of themselves.If this grows large enough it could be used to suggest additional subject headings for items. It could show what the mass of readers think the book is about. Not that we would have to follow the trend, but it might give some insight.It gets information from LC and sends folks to Amazon. Where could the local library fit in? Would there be a simple way to have it tie into Open WorldCat on Yahoo or Google with a link to the local library?
Cataloging
- Book Covers
I'd be interested in getting info about a good source for book covers. I've tried LibraryThing. It was simple but the hit rate for covers, for our collection, was about 1%. How about Google Books, or Open Library? Any legal problems with use?...
- Worldcat Tagging
Tagging is now available in WorldCat. It will be interesting to see how extensive, and so useful, tagging becomes here. You and your users can now keep track of your favorite items in WorldCat through tags?keywords that help you classify or describe an...
- Rdf Book Mashup
RDF Book Mashup is a semantic Web tool for bibliographic items.The RDF book mashup demonstrates how Web 2.0 data sources like Amazon, Google or Yahoo can be integrated into the Semantic Web.The RDF book mashup makes information about books, their authors,...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...
Library Cataloging
Library Thing
An interesting personal cataloging site is, Library Thing. It allows a person to enter 200 books for free or an unlimited number for 10.00. It get the cataloging information from the Library of Congress or allows the user to manually input the data. Then it adds the ability to add tags, find others with similar collections, Steve Cohen has suggested they add RSS feeds and it looks like it will be in the works. The user can select up to 7 fields to display. It displays covers and provides a link to Amazon. It allows users to include a profile of themselves.If this grows large enough it could be used to suggest additional subject headings for items. It could show what the mass of readers think the book is about. Not that we would have to follow the trend, but it might give some insight.It gets information from LC and sends folks to Amazon. Where could the local library fit in? Would there be a simple way to have it tie into Open WorldCat on Yahoo or Google with a link to the local library?
Cataloging
- Book Covers
I'd be interested in getting info about a good source for book covers. I've tried LibraryThing. It was simple but the hit rate for covers, for our collection, was about 1%. How about Google Books, or Open Library? Any legal problems with use?...
- Worldcat Tagging
Tagging is now available in WorldCat. It will be interesting to see how extensive, and so useful, tagging becomes here. You and your users can now keep track of your favorite items in WorldCat through tags?keywords that help you classify or describe an...
- Rdf Book Mashup
RDF Book Mashup is a semantic Web tool for bibliographic items.The RDF book mashup demonstrates how Web 2.0 data sources like Amazon, Google or Yahoo can be integrated into the Semantic Web.The RDF book mashup makes information about books, their authors,...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...