Testing LibraryThing..

I'm trying out LibraryThings new Bookcover service.

These are the intructions...

Take an ISBN, like 0545010225
Put your Developer Key and the ISBN into a URL, like so:
http://covers.librarything.com/devkey/KEY
/medium/isbn/0545010225
Put that in an image tag, like so:

And your website, library catalog or bookstore has a cover.

And this is the one I did:



Hey it works! This was pretty easy. Thanks LibraryThing!

Here's the link to the instruction page...you also need to set up a Developers Key with librarything...it's not so easy to find

Linking to LibraryThing bookcovers

It's been a while...

but I just haven't had much to say. Sadly no real progress on implementing any web 2.0 strategies in the library, but in updating the website, I've discovered an issue I'd like to throw open.

We discussed the need for adding web 2.0 to our presence, but what about the old stuff? How much of that do we need to keep? Most of us have lists of useful websites and search engines on our websites, but do we really need to?

One thing I'm really wondering about are the directories, like the Librarians Internet Index and the Open Directory Project. Is anyone still using these with Wikipedia around? I never really found them all that useful before, but I think they must be quite out of date now. Is it a bit daggy to have these on your website? Do I need to go out and get a whole new wardrobe? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?