1. Social Cataloging Instructors: Kelsey Bates, TA/GA ITD and Help Desk Kelsey Raasch, TA/GA ITD and Help Desk

2. Overview of Social Cataloging Why? Common Platforms Good Reads LibraryThing Shelfari Other Options

3. Why It’s Worth It Personally

4. Cataloger at Heart Want to be organized Keep track of your collection Social Networking Recommendations Share your collection

5. Why It’s Worth It Professionally

6. Reader advisory tool Connect with other libraries Perspective books for collection

7. Goodreads Pulls data from Amazon Links to Google Book Search Has over 10 million users

8. Goodreads Pros Recent Updates news feed Book Giveaways Free Has Apps Widgets Cons Advertisements Doesn’t work for multiple editions

9. LibraryThing Pulls Data from Libraries and Amazon Community of 1,500,000 book lovers

10. LibraryThing Pros Works with book swapping sites Early Reviewer books Available in multiple languages LibraryThing Local Zeitgeist Can make organization accounts Very Metadata rich User rights oriented Widgets Cons Have to pay $25/lifetime if over 200 books No Apps Less social

11. Shelfari Launched in 2006 Amazon bought in 2008 Pulls data from Amazon

12. Shelfari Pros Free Virtual Bookshelf Purchase easily from Amazon Cons Down for maintenance often Entire collection not easily viewed Too many clicks Doesn’t work for multiple editions

13. Other Options Google My Library Pinterest aNobii MyAnimeList.net