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This class has given me the incentive to put into place a project I have pondered for a while.  I try to read or listen to as many children’s books as possible so that I can put the perfect book into a student’s hand.  I have noticed that I have a tendency to forget about some of them over time.  I know, I know, I could make a paper list. However, I like the capacity in LibraryThing to have covers along with the books and to put personal tags on them.  For example, I added fishing and and some other tags to Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury. I also listen to a number of books on tape (thank you, Nancy Brown) so that I can keep up.  I make a notation about the quality of the audio for ordering purposes.  I can also make tags for books to consider for summer reading.  The capacity to organize by collections is also useful to me.

On a personal basis, I think that being able to look a similar collections might be a good way to find new books to read.  I noticed that one of our classmates has a favorites list that would coincide with some of mine.  I’ll check out the rest of her collection for ideas.

Not to be outdone by my husband in the gadget category, I ordered a CueCat ($15) from LibraryThing. It arrived within 2 days and has worked perfectly on the newer barcodes. I will also try to import a list of ISBNs in a CSV file.