LibraryThing Presentation Outline

LibraryThing Presentation Outline

      I.         What is LibraryThing?

a.      Personal cataloging and social networking site

                                               i.     “Take the Tour”

b.     Cost

                                               i.     Free membership

                                              ii.     $10/year or $25/lifetime for greater than 200 books

c.      Zietgeist

                                               i.     “More information than you require”

    II.         Context and Public

a.      K-12 Public Education

b.     Educators

                                               i.     Classroom

                                              ii.     Specialists

  III.         Ramifications

a.      Benefits

                                               i.     Greater access, knowledge, and efficiency in collaboration

1.     Analytics

2.     Widgets

3.     Recommendations

                                              ii.     Common Tagging System

1.     Teacher Last Names

2.     Subject Areas

3.     Themes

                                            iii.     Greater student responsibility

1.     Ability for students to manage with little assistance

2.     Strengthen understanding of library systems and importance of catalogs

3.     Review

b.     Drawbacks

                                               i.     Startup of integrating this type of system

1.     Garnering Support

2.     Determination of tagging system

                                              ii.     Maintaining system        

1.     Need for new student training each year

2.     Process of determining which students will lead project in each class

   IV.         Conclusion and Questions