7/15/2023 0 Comments Delicious library vs librarythingFigure 2 – Adding a book to your collection in LibraryThing. However, if you cannot find the book with that option, you will need to search the “” option, which will most likely find the book but will not give you the Library of Congress classification number. As each ISBN is unique, you know that you are getting the correct edition of a book if you use the ISBN to generate the book record.Įnter the ISBN in the first search box and then choose a database to search under “Search Where?” We chose to search the Library of Congress to get a Library of Congress classification number to help in organizing the collection. Once you are logged in, you will click on “Add Books” in the brown menu bar at the top of the screen (see figure 2) Although you can search for the item you wish to add by its name or author, the best way is to search by ISBN, the 10 or 13 digit number you will find on the book’s cover or on the back of the title page. To add a book to LibraryThing, you must be logged in with a username and password. It also has a number of helpful links to assist you, such as how to add books to your collection online, get the mobile app, and edit your profile, as well as a link to a short introduction to LibraryThing. When you are creating a new LibraryThing account, you will receive an e-mail, which will provide you a link to your online catalog and your profile. ![]() All that was required was to provide a name, password, and email to set up the account (Figure 1): Figure 1 – Becoming a member. The language lab supervisor, who had no previous experience with cataloging software, easily set up the Language Center Learning Resources Collection (LCLRC) account for the language lab staff. You can also upgrade your online catalog through the addition of Tin圜at for $3-$35 per month depending on the size of your collection and the number of staff at your center. Organizational accounts in LibraryThing are $10.00 a year or $25.00 for a lifetime membership. ![]() Our new catalog provides ease of access for students and instructors in our School of World Languages and Cultures and provides a much better way for us to track usage at a minimal cost. I already had a handful of my personal books on this wonderful online catalog, but knew that some small libraries were using it as well. This is the story of a collection of 500+ books scattered around the language lab at Richland College in Dallas, Texas and how I organized the collection using an online platform called LibraryThing. ![]() By Lisa Katzenstein, Tutor Coordinator-Language Corner, Richland College, Dallas, TX.
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