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Relieved at Last: Cataloguing with Librarything

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dc.contributor.author Kanyundo, Allan James
dc.contributor.author Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-02T08:45:20Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-02T08:45:20Z
dc.date.issued 2016-01
dc.identifier.citation Kanyundo, A. J. & Kapondera, S.K. (2016). Relieved at Last: Cataloguing with Librarything. 22nd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations - SCECSAL XXII Proceedings: Digital Transformation and the Changing Role of Libraries and Information Centres in the Sustainable Development of Africa. Mbabane, en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3133339
dc.identifier.uri https://www.scecsal.org/publications/papers2016/007_kanyundo_2016.pdf
dc.identifier.uri 192.168.2.8:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/232
dc.description.abstract This paper argues that LibraryThing (LT), a cheap, user friendly, social networking cataloguing tool can also be used by big libraries to develop library collections’ catalogues as well as a platform for sharing bibliographic information with other libraries. LT has always been regarded as an open software that can be used by small libraries to organize and share information about their collections. In this time when libraries are facing acute financial challenges due to limited budgets, LT can bail out many libraries by offering them a quality web-based cataloguing service despite their limited budgets. The population of LT users continues to grow steadily, an indicator that the software is being adopted by many libraries now. LT falls under Web 2.0 application. Individuals and organizations use LT to catalogue their own collections because it is simple and straight forward. The advantage of web-based social networks applications for cataloguing like LT is that they are visible on the web, and that they use a format that is known and created by users themselves and that they also allow user input. By using Z39.50 data exchanging protocol, LT users can catalogue their books by themselves and import data from other catalogues available like the Library of Congress, the British Library, the NEBIS Catalog or Amazon etc. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher XXII SCECSAL conference en_US
dc.subject Web 2.0 tools. en_US
dc.title Relieved at Last: Cataloguing with Librarything en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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