[Publib] Your Library and Social Networking Book Sites

[ROBIN BEERBOWER]

Please excuse the cross-posting as this is also being sent to PUBLIB.

A couple of months ago Mary K Chelton compiled a list of social
networking sites for books, which is listed at the end of this email.

For a chapter I am writing, I would like to know if your library or
staff is using a social networking book site(s) for readers’ advisory
purposes.  I realize that some may be using LibraryThing in conjunction
with OPACs and for read-a-likes, but are you doing anything innovative
and different to help your patrons?  For example, one library set up a
site on Good Reads for discussing a particular group of books and I set
up a list of additional titles on LibraryThing when a booklist grew too
big for my conference session.  Also, on an informal basis, I have a
list of library patrons as Good Reads “friends” who receive my updates
on little known forthcoming books.  

Thanks in advance,
Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library


FROM: Mary K Chelton <mchelton at optonline.net>
REC'D: 10/25/08, 3:05 PM


aNobii www.anobii.com List Books, Share Thoughts, Meet People. The 
name? From Anobium Punctatum, which is the proper name for bookworms.


BiblioTravel http://www.bibliotravel.com/ A free online resource for 
identifying stories that are set in distinct locales started by two 
librarians.


Book Blogs http://bookblogs.ning.com/ “Our members read books, blog 
books, write books, and publicize books.”


Book Crossing http://www.bookcrossing.com Where books take on a life 
of their own. BookCrossing is earth-friendly, and gives you a way to 
share your books, clear your shelves, and conserve precious resources 
at the same time. A book registered on BookCrossing is ready for 
adventure.


Book Glutton http://www.bookglutton.com Our intent: build an 
experience that is simultaneously a book group, a computer, and a 
book. Chat chapter by chapter, comment on each paragraph.


Book Jetty http://www.bookjetty.com BookJetty is a social utility that 
connects you with your friends' bookshelves and checks books' 
availability in the libraries.


Book Movement. http://www.bookmovement.com/ “BookMovement.com was 
founded in 2001 to give book clubs a way to recommend books to each 
other on a national level.”


Books I Read http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/ A Facebook application. 
Must register to use.


Books Well Read http://www.bookswellread.com The goal of BooksWellRead 
is to be the online destination of choice for people who want to 
'digest' what they read by capturing their thoughts in writing. 
BooksWellRead has been designed to be simple, fast, and easy to use.


Crime Space http://crimespace.ning.com/ A place for readers and 
writers of crime fiction to meet.


eBooklists http://www.eBooklists.pbwiki.com RAwiki being constructed 
by librarians who were in graduate school together at Indiana 
University.


Goodreads www.goodreads.com Keeps track of what you’ve read and what 
your friends are reading. Also on Facebook.


I Read Wiki iread.pbwiki.com/ A collaborative website by Iowa 
librarians of reading suggestions.


Library Thing www.librarything.com Helps you create a library-quality 
catalog of your books and connects you with people who read the same 
things.


Reader2Reader. A UK network that allows readers to discover and 
suggest books to each other, chat and share reader experiences or do 
author/title searchers. http://www.reader2reader.net/ 


Read Me. http://mssv.net/wiki/index.php/ReadMe User editable wiki of 
book suggestions and queries.


Revish http://www.revish.com Revish is a place where people share 
their reading experiences. You can use Revish to keep and share a list 
of books you're reading, write reviews of books, find recommendations 
from other readers, and a whole lot more.


Shelfari www.shelfari.com Allows you to share what is on your 
bookshelf with others and discover new books. Also on Facebook.


weRead http://weread.com/ “weRead is a community for book lovers. 
or Dan Brown; is a place where you can find others who share your 
reading tastes and through them discover new books that you will love.”


What Should I Read Next? http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search 
Searchable database of real readers’ favourite books (over 47,000 and 
growing) to suggest what you could read next.


What’s On My Bookshelf http://whatsonmybookshelf.com/ 
“WhatsOnMyBookshelf, a book trading community, allows members to 
exchange their books using a simple point system. Users maintain their 
own profile page with friends, book inventory, and wishlists. Our goal 
is to facilitate the trading of books in addition to connecting people 
with similar reading interests. Sharing a book is the creation of a 
common place for dialogue, friendships, and ideas.”