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Net Fair I : Taming Library Monsters: LibraryThing and Library Elf Texas Library Association Annual Conference Dallas, Texas April 16, 2008 Barbara Glassford Johnson Bedford Public Library, Texas Technical Services Manager/Systems Administrator LibraryThing for Libraries

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Net Fair I : Taming Library Monsters: LibraryThing and Library Elf

Texas Library Association Annual ConferenceDallas, Texas

April 16, 2008

Barbara Glassford Johnson Bedford Public Library, Texas

Technical Services Manager/Systems Administrator

LibraryThing for Libraries

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So what is LibraryThing for Libraries (LTFL)?

It’s LibraryThing for your online catalog. Enrich your library’s online catalog with the power and fun

of “Library 2.0.”Provide enhanced findability. Let your patrons browse,

search and discover your library’s holdings in new, powerful and engaging ways.

Provide patrons with exciting new content, including recommendations and informal, natural language subject descriptors known as “tags.”

Enhance your catalog with just a few lines of HTML. Works with any OPAC and requires no back-end integration.

Draw on the collective intelligence of your patrons and LibraryThing members.

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Features

Book recommendations. Show high-quality "recommended" or "similar" books – similar to those provided by Amazon.

Tags and tag browsing. Give your patrons the power and flexibility of searching and browsing your catalog using LibraryThing tags.

Other editions and translations. Link related editions and translations of the same work. "FRBR"-ize your catalog with a few lines of HTML.

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Coming Soon . . .

User reviews. Access hundreds of thousands of reviews and let your patrons add their own.

User tagging. Let your patrons tag. Tags can be shared across all participating libraries.

User ratings. Add our ratings and give patrons the ability to rate books.

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Libraries Using LibraryThing for Libraries

In order by installation date: Danbury Public Library (Connecticut, USA) — WebPac | example Bedford Public Library (Texas, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Deschutes Public Library (Oregon, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Waterford Institute of Technology (Ireland) — WebPac Pro | example Claremont Colleges (California, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Bowdoin College (Maine, USA) — WebPac Pro| example Randolph County Public Library (North Carolina, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example Richland County Public Library (South Carolina, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example Salt Lake County Library System (Utah, USA) — Horizon | example Cal State University Channel Islands (California, USA) — Voyager | example San Francisco State University (California, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Los Gatos Public Library (California, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example East Brunswick Public Library (New Jersey, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example ITT Dublin (Ireland) — Innovative | example Kingston Information & Library Service (Australia) — AmLib InfoVision | Australian Tax Office (Intranet) (Australia) GMILCS, Inc (New Hampshire, USA) — Horizon | example

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Libraries Using LibraryThing for Libraries

In order by installation date: Arlington Heights Memorial Library (Illinois, USA) — Innovative | example Irving Public Library (Texas, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example Weld Library District (Colorado, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example Andrews University (Michigan, USA) — Innovative | example King County Library System (Washington, USA) — WebPac Pro| example Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Australia) — SirsiDynix | example State Library of Tasmania (Australia) — Talis | example Aurora Public Library (Colorado, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Altadena Library District (California, USA) — Innovative | example Small Public Library in Southern California (California, USA) West Vancouver Memorial Library (British Columbia, Canada) — Innovative |

example California State University, Northridge (California, USA) — WebPac | example Libraries Online, Inc. (Connecticut, USA) — WebPac | example Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library (West Virginia, USA) — | Richardson Public Library (Texas, USA) — Horizon | Williamsburg Regional Library (Virginia, USA) — Horizon | Murray Public Library (Utah, USA) — SirsiDynix | example

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Libraries Using LibraryThing for Libraries

In order by installation date: Lincoln Trail Libraries System (Illinois, USA) — Horizon Dynix | example MORE/Indianhead Federated Library System (Wisconsin, USA) — WebPac |

example North Vancouver City Library (British Columbia, Canada) — Horizon | example SWITCH Library Consortium (Wisconsin, USA) — WebPac | example Westport Public Library (Connecticut, USA) — Horizon | example Cleveland State University (Ohio, USA) — WebPac Pro | example Seattle Public Library (Seattle, WA) — Horizon | example University College Cork (Ireland) — Innovative | example University of Utrecht (Netherlands) Trumbull Library System (Connecticut) Western Washington University Moonee Valley Library Service (Australia) Davidson County Public Library System (North Carolina) Portland Public Library (ME) Pelham Public Library (Ontario, Canada)

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Demo

www.catalog.bedfordlibrary.org

LTFL in the BPL Catalog

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FAQs

How it works CoverageMatching FormatSpeed Statistics

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Ok, so how much does it cost?

Simple yearly fee based on combination of annual book circulation and match rate against the LT database.

$1,000 minimum fee. Consortia get a 20% discount.

No cost to install and test internally. Can host live for 60 days without committing to keep it.

Price includes existing features as well as features currently in beta and future widgets

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So how good is LTFL?

Can enhance 65% or more of your ISBNsRecommendations cover 656,000 ISBNsRelated editions and translations covers 275,000

ISBNsMembers have cataloged more than 25 million

booksMembers have added more than 32 million tags to

booksLow occurring and “bad” tags have been removed

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Implementation

Step one: Send LibraryThing your data. Export ISBN, title and author information in tab-delimited

format and send it to them. LibraryThing will soon be able to handle raw MARC records as

well.Step two: Paste the HTML

Add a few lines of HTML to your catalog template. Each LibraryThing for Libraries “widget” is fully customizable. Library controls how it works and how it looks.

Step three: Test and go! You can test out LibraryThing for Libraries without your patrons

noticing any changes.Turn it on. (Turn if off anytime too.)

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What are the Benefits?

Patrons love it – they get really excitedStaff loves it – it has been great for Reader’s

AdvisoryIt was super easy to work with LT staff – they were

responsive and willing to tweak things for usPurchasing this type of product from the typical ILS

vendor would, no doubt, have been pricey and time-consuming to implement

We could never have done this on our own

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Bedford’s Timeline

5/23/07 - sent my email inquiry to LibraryThing 5/24/07 – sent tab-delimited file of ISBN’s5/24/07 – resent files since I didn’t do it right the first

time5/26/07 – LibraryThing sent Firefox extension so I could

test in my OPACEarly June – timeout for FY 07/08 budget preparation6/20/07 - copied and pasted a few snippets of HTML into

my OPAC template6/21/07 – data not displaying correctly. LibraryThing

tweaked code and I tried it again.6/23/07 – Success!6/26/07 – Went Live!!

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Further Reading

LibraryThing – http://www.librarything.com LibraryThing for Libraries – http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/ LibraryThing Blog - http://www.librarything.com/blog/ Thingology Blog - http://www.librarything.com/thingology/ What people are saying about LibraryThing for Libraries -

http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/buzz.php Danbury kicks off LibraryThing for Libraries

http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/05/danbury-ct-kicks-off-librarything-for.php

Bedford adds LibraryThing for Libraries http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/06/bedford-public-library-adds.php

Danbury Library presentation - http://www.loosecannonlibrarian.net/talks/ilsinil/ LibraryThing and the Library catalog -

http://online.sfsu.edu/~jwenzler/research/LTFL.pdf LibraryThing for Libraries: Tekkies Meeting at Collin County Community College -

http://www.bedfordlibrary.org/assets/Misc/LTFLpres.ppt TLA Net Fair I – Taming Library Monsters: LibraryThing and Library Elf -

http://www.bedfordlibrary.org/assets/Misc/TLA_LTFL.ppt

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Contact Info

LibraryThing for LibrariesSend an email to [email protected] library name, ILS vendor and your email.

Bedford Public LibraryBarbara Glassford [email protected]