Saturday, December 27, 2008

Discovery Exercise #11

Library Thing is a very cool networking site. I entered five books into my library, including an out-of-print poetry book written by my mother. Just seven other Library Thing subscribers had the book included in their libraries. When I visited one of the libraries, she (?) had included many books by authors I love, but which seemingly have no connection, such as Tasha Tudor and Eudory Welty. Do you think people have a "library print," like a fingerprint, that uniquely identifies them? Or is there someone out there with a library identical to mine? My "reading double?" Cool, and maybe a little creepy. This website would be great to show to our patrons who are looking for book suggestions.

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