Thing #16

I could spend all day here! And I probably will when I finish this course! This would be a great place to set up a class group for students to share ideas about books or do book studies. A group similar to the 50 Book Challenge would be a great motivator in the classroom! I could spend hours in the group section - found several lively discussions that I could easily join. Best of all, this would be a great place to catalog a classroom, professional, or personal library. When I was in the classroom, I tried to have my books in themes or categories but so many of them could go in more than one. This is a great way to be able to pull your books by tags for each topic. On a more personal note, I am in charge of my church library and we are constantly getting books to catalog (not one of my best subjects in library school). Most of the time I can get everything I need from Library of Congress but they don't always have the Dewey Decimal number for the book and I am left to figure it out the best I can. Many of the books here have cataloging info - yea! Another resource to check before I "make it up!" As a librarian in a tech job, this has been one of my favorite 23 Things so far! Librarians rock!