Library Cataloging
Some very interesting things going on at LibraryThing, the home cataloging tool. They now have MARC records for many of their titles. I didn't see a way to download them, but they might be useful for very small libraries.But even more interesting is the use of the idea of the work to combine different titles. The idea of work they seem to be using is based on the social rather than the creator. What people think is the same, is the same. Folks have been busy combining titles into works. The weblog post and comments gives some idea of the work being done.Seems to me this is a goldmine for cataloging researchers. Here we can see just how our users view works and titles, how they struggle over the tricky stuff, how they are moving towards a kind of folk FRBR. All this user data should be useful in informing our decisions.And what about the thoughts of the person behind LibraryThing? Has he been invited to speak at any conferences? I'm not saying this will replace our catalogs, nor that we should toss out ISBD, FRBR, RDA, and MARC. However, this is a place to see what could improve our catalogs and provide data on our users. Something to think about.
LibraryThing
- Interesting Collocation
Cutter's functions for the catalog are something we all learned in Cataloging 101. The FRBR functions seem pretty familiar. However, if you let others loose on bibliographic data they come up with some interesting ways to collocate works, say by a...
- Librarything Api
Tim Spalding has released an API for LibraryThing.I just released a Javascript/JSON API to LibraryThing core work data. http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/03/first-cut-works-json-api.php It's basically a riff on what Google did recently?a...
- Tagging At Amazon And Librarything
Tim at LibraryThing has a long post, an article would be a better description, comparing tagging at Amazon and LibraryThing. When tags work and when they don't: Amazon and LibraryThing draws some conclusions based on the differences in the number...
- Librarything
There has recently been a lot of talk about LibraryThing. It has got me thinking, why not list my library's titles there. I'm considering adding selected new acquisitions (ones with an ISBN) to an LPI LibraryThing page. It would get our library...
- Librarything Weblog
LibraryThing now has a second weblog, Thing-ology devoted to discussion of access.This is the place where we'll talk about the meanings, methods, and debate around LibraryThing and its features. I expect there to be discussion of Web 2.0, Library...
Library Cataloging
LibraryThing
Some very interesting things going on at LibraryThing, the home cataloging tool. They now have MARC records for many of their titles. I didn't see a way to download them, but they might be useful for very small libraries.But even more interesting is the use of the idea of the work to combine different titles. The idea of work they seem to be using is based on the social rather than the creator. What people think is the same, is the same. Folks have been busy combining titles into works. The weblog post and comments gives some idea of the work being done.Seems to me this is a goldmine for cataloging researchers. Here we can see just how our users view works and titles, how they struggle over the tricky stuff, how they are moving towards a kind of folk FRBR. All this user data should be useful in informing our decisions.And what about the thoughts of the person behind LibraryThing? Has he been invited to speak at any conferences? I'm not saying this will replace our catalogs, nor that we should toss out ISBD, FRBR, RDA, and MARC. However, this is a place to see what could improve our catalogs and provide data on our users. Something to think about.
LibraryThing
- Interesting Collocation
Cutter's functions for the catalog are something we all learned in Cataloging 101. The FRBR functions seem pretty familiar. However, if you let others loose on bibliographic data they come up with some interesting ways to collocate works, say by a...
- Librarything Api
Tim Spalding has released an API for LibraryThing.I just released a Javascript/JSON API to LibraryThing core work data. http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/03/first-cut-works-json-api.php It's basically a riff on what Google did recently?a...
- Tagging At Amazon And Librarything
Tim at LibraryThing has a long post, an article would be a better description, comparing tagging at Amazon and LibraryThing. When tags work and when they don't: Amazon and LibraryThing draws some conclusions based on the differences in the number...
- Librarything
There has recently been a lot of talk about LibraryThing. It has got me thinking, why not list my library's titles there. I'm considering adding selected new acquisitions (ones with an ISBN) to an LPI LibraryThing page. It would get our library...
- Librarything Weblog
LibraryThing now has a second weblog, Thing-ology devoted to discussion of access.This is the place where we'll talk about the meanings, methods, and debate around LibraryThing and its features. I expect there to be discussion of Web 2.0, Library...