I was amazed to learn about all the resources available through Library Thing, Good Reads and Shelfari! In time, I hope to further explore these sites and use these resources as I plan my future book orders.
The summer reading club preparation is underway and with my limited time, I signed up for these websites and will follow up in the future. I briefly read about Library Thing, Good Reads & Shelfari & added a few books to each list.
Good Reads had so many features, it seemed a bit overwhelming to me. I felt that it would take a lot of time to fully appreciate and be able to use it effectively. I had to skip several screens to get to the add books section. There may be quicker ways to access things, but if I have to spend a lot of time figuring it out, I probably won’t continue to use it.
Library Thing seemed a little more user friendly and let me see the books I added on the first screen. I saw a few interesting blogs and felt a little more comfortable with the layout of options available for book recommendations and other features.
My favorite site was Shelfari, probably because it was the most visually appealing to me. I could see my added books on a virtual shelf and found it to be very user friendly.
I was able to easily look up other similar books, find recommendations and quickly learned how to access books of interest. I could see myself exploring & using Shefari to help me locate additional books to share with my Lap Sit ,Toddler Time & Story Time crowd. It may also be a quick & visually appealing way to encourage patrons to locate additional books of interest for their own children.
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