Books & Libraries



  • VuFind
    “VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library’s resources by replacing the traditional OPAC … VuFind is completely modular so you can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it’s open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your needs or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings.”
    » http://www.vufind.org
  • LibraryThing
    “Catalog your books online, or just keep a reading list. Show everyone your library, or keep it private. Find people with the same books as you. Get recommendations from readers like you. Search Amazon, the Library of Congress and 30 other world libraries. Tag your books as on Del.icio.us and Flickr”
    » http://www.librarything.com
  • BookTribes
    “Every book title on the Booktribes site has its own dedicated page where you will find information and options. Information includes: Members’ reviews and comments about the book. From a single word to a huge screed. The publisher’s blurb (believe at your own risk). Members who list this book as a favourite. Other books loved by people who love this book (here’s where you might discover something rather wonderful). A rating (the average score of all members who rated it). Tags given to this book by members. Groups reading this book”
    » http://www.booktribes.com
  • Scriblio
    A Web 2.0 OPAC (developed at Plymouth State University under its former name WP-opac), this is one I’ve been getting excited about for a couple of years and for a couple of reasons. First, it’s an extension of WordPress (and I’m a great WordPress fan); second, it looks like it’s going to solve my hyperlink cataloguing problem–how do I, on web pages such as the present, tag links such that all matches to a keyword query will be displayed, on the fly, to a new page? Cross-category / multi-category links (e.g. FLOSS + SCHOOLS + DEVELOPMENT + AFRICA) should then be displayed for each of the keywords.
    » http://about.scriblio.net
  • Bibliophil.org