PNLA 2008 Linking with LibraryThing at the Washington State Library Mary Paynton Schaff Reference Librarian [email_address]

Why LibraryThing? Getting where our patrons are Marketing to a new audience Social cataloging RSS Hard to make wholesale changes to a shared catalog First 200 books free It’s cool!

Getting where our patrons are

Marketing to a new audience

Social cataloging

RSS

Hard to make wholesale changes to a shared catalog

First 200 books free

It’s cool!

How do we use LibraryThing? Advertise our materials Steer traffic back to our website, online resources, and Ask a Librarian Create RSS widgets to display “new” titles on our blog Create lists and bibliographies using tags Make connections with other members and projects

Advertise our materials

Steer traffic back to our website, online resources, and Ask a Librarian

Create RSS widgets to display “new” titles on our blog

Create lists and bibliographies using tags

Make connections with other members and projects

LibraryThing Local Advertise your events! Community-wide book-related events RSS Favorite venues Comment walls Past Events Claim your venue and link it back to your profile

Advertise your events!

Community-wide book-related events

RSS

Favorite venues

Comment walls

Past Events

Claim your venue and link it back to your profile

The Response So Far Consistent click-through from blog widget to new books Discovered LT’s value as a resource for reader’s advisory Spurred us to investigate other online portals Profiled in Ellyssa’ Kroski’s new book

Consistent click-through from blog widget to new books

Discovered LT’s value as a resource for reader’s advisory

Spurred us to investigate other online portals

Profiled in Ellyssa’ Kroski’s new book

Concerns to Consider Meaningless tags Consistent linkage between LibraryThing and your “official” resources Current lack of Java-enabled widgets WorldCat? Promoting your presence on LibraryThing Time sink

Meaningless tags

Consistent linkage between LibraryThing and your “official” resources

Current lack of Java-enabled widgets

WorldCat?

Promoting your presence on LibraryThing

Time sink

LibraryThing at the Washington State Library http://www.librarything.com/profile/wastatelib Questions? Comments? Mary Schaff [email_address]