The Fiction-L discussion list came up with these social networking sites that are useful for readers advisory — which means for finding books that might interest you, and for sharing books and the enjoyment of reading them with others.
Social LIbraries
aNobii (from Latin for ‘bookworm’): List books, share thoughts, meet People. Links to Amazon details and [...]
An annotated, linked list of places where reference questions (and answers) are being archived, from Swiss Army Librarian. Sources listed include “a Google custom search engine of just reference questions from libraries,” Yahoo Answers, Ask.com, Ask MetaFilter, Internet Public Library Reference Desk, Answers.com, and WikiAnswers. Handy.
Blake Carver’s launched a new website, LISWire, featuring up-to-the-minute press releases, announcements, and other news from all kinds of libraries. You can subscribe to the main feed via RSS, or subscribe to one of more topics here. There’s also an email option.
Many e-handouts from the Public Library Association meeting that wrapped up last week, most in PDF or .doc format. Topics include Reaching Out to the LGBT Community; Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy; Creating Dynamic Library Atmospheres; The Digital Revolution and Libraries - What’s Next?; Public Libraries as Community Problem Solvers ; Market Driven [...]
The University of Delaware Library offers tips for drying wet books when a Conservation Lab isn’t handy.
Cornell University Library also offers tips for drying wet pamphlets.