"Social Networking for Bibliophiles"
Mark your calendars, LibraryThing is coming to Simmons College! Abby Blachly, the librarian from LibraryThing will speak with GSLIS students on Wednesday, February 7th at 6 pm. Abby's a Simmons alum (January 2005) who landed a job with LibraryThing when it became an official company. Will Richardson, edu-blogger extraordinaire, got hooked just lately and you should too!
Here's a snippet from a series of questions we asked Abby about her experiences working at LT. Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks!
* Can you describe Library Thing in a nutshell?
I think the shortest description I've ever given would be "social networking for bibliophiles". But if I could expand that to a slightly larger nutshell, I'd say it's a site where you can catalog your books using library-quality data, and then also connect with other people based on shared books and tastes. (Abby Blachly, Librarian for Library Thing)