This is great. People who like the same books are the best ones to recommend a new one to you. With so many books being published every day, it is really difficult to choose what to read even for us who are "informed" and surrounded by books all the time. I can see myself becoming a regular user of Library Thing.
One thing that is difficult in general is remembering all these user names and passwords...
Also a bit worrying is our reliance on computers... We can't completely replace a face to face conversation so my hope is that these are only additional tools and that library staff will be around for a while yet.
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There is the need to continue face to face human interactions. Web 2.0 seems to add yet another layer on what is possible, but it also allows large scale collaborations like the RA wiki in NSW (http://readersadvisory.wetpaint.com/) which has writers from all over the state collaborating on this professional tool.
There is no easy trick for the passwords - some people write them down (not always safe), and another suggestion is to keep them in a draft e-mail in your gmail...other ideas welcome.
Ellen
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