keeperofbooks

As a member of Library.thing, I have already cataloged several books.  These books were not for my personal use, but for the library.  I had difficulty finding the bibliographical information on some donated books, and tried Library.thing.  But it had been a long time since I had used the site, so I did the different searches.   I enjoyed the cloud and the author’s page.   I did the Suggestor and the search returned other books by the same author.  But when I did the Unsuggestor, the results were the same as with the Suggestor.  I tried this with different books and authors, and the results were the same.  I think it just wasn’t working at the time. 

I think older students might enjoy forming and being a member of a group.  This would be a good way to encourage summer reading, especially since students in the same grade would have the same reading list.  They could encourage each other.  Also, a teacher might have the students use the site to keep up with what books they have read.  On the whole, I was very impressed.  In fact, in a future, less busy, year I would love to be a member of the 50 book group. 

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