steel cage death match
It's LibraryThing vs. Shelfari. Both are online communities where users catalog their own libraries--then tag and review books and share recommendations with other users. After a brief tour of each of their websites, here are my impressions of each:
Shelfari:
- Offers a Shelfari widget for users to post on their blogs or MySpace. If I indulged my widget desires, my blog would be cluttered with them. The widget holds weight with me.
- Shelfari apparently joined forces with Amazon.com this year. Can world domination be far behind?
- Users are called Shelfarians. How can you beat that?
- More users, it seems like--the better to add to my virtual book club! LibraryThing has been out there longer than Shelfari, and was on my radar screen before I started library school.
- Much more advanced options for tagging, organizing, and searching--and these options are accessible on the user interface--not a whole ton of clicking through.
- List option for displaying your catalog: I think the covers are helpful, but they can clutter the display.
- LibraryThing has a blog widget too! Wheeee!
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