Librarything

I started cataloging my classroom library using http://www.librarything.com/, a social networking book related site. I think this has real potential for finding more book recommendations. You can tag your books, find other people have the same taste as you, find out the name of that book that you can remember the plot of etc. It even imports LOC cataloging information (though no MARC records). I am going to enjoy it I think! (and I wonder why people think I am a book nerd).

I have just found out that one of my friends has cataloged her 1000 plus YA titles using librarything and has the list printed out for inventory purposes. (at least I am not the only one)

Here is what the homepage says:

CHECK IT OUT

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• Sign up. It's more fun than the tour.
• See what bloggers and the media say about LibraryThing.

WHAT’S GOOD?

• Join the world’s largest book club.
• Catalog your books from Amazon, the Library of Congress and 690 other world libraries. Import from anywhere.
• Find people with eerily similar tastes.
• Find new books to read.
• Free Early Reviewer books from publishers and authors
• Enter 200 books for free, as many as you like for $10 (year) or $25 (life).
• Available in many languages:                       (others)