Comments on: Richard, what kind of mittens do you want?

By: Kjerste

Kjerste — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:54:05 +0000

I’ve been linking to LT from my blog for a while now. I agree that WorldCat is another nice non-Amazon option, but I like the tag cloud and other social data that’s available on LT.

By: sunday

sunday — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:09:20 +0000

Yes, I’ve been learning about the more social Worldcat (but much like an Outsidecat likes to be outside, Worldcats are not inherently friendly. You have to let them smell your hand), and it seems that the problem with the tagging and reviews on Worldcat is that there won’t be enough people putting in the time to add enough data to make it viable.

Um, unlike LibraryThing.

Richard, I’ll just knit you some sweet mittens.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:50:39 +0000

I was just kidding about the mittens, but if it means advancing you Ravelry queue I'll happily accept a pair. I'm afraid I'm pretty mitten ignorant and don't know what kind of mittens to ask for. I do know that I have one or two more of these mid-western winters to survive! p.s. I've regularly been using links for Worldcat.org when citing books. Not as crass as linking directly to Amazon, tells you where the nearest library holding is, and if not then you can go to Amazon. It would be swell if this was integrated with LT4L (Worldcat Thing?). (I think OCLC presented something at mid-winter about a more social Worldcat at Midwinter) p.p.s. I still have your Coraline!