Comments on: Remember Your Library: WorldCat.org http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/ connections for a changing world, online and offline... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nancy White http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Nancy White Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:47:01 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/#comment-741 I agree, Barbara. And with the tool that Ed pointed out, it is easy to see what is available locally.

Now if there were only more hours in the day to read books!

]]> By: Barbara Fillip http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Barbara Fillip Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:08:35 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/#comment-733 Libraries are changing, expanding the range of services they offer, and keeping up with the digital age. Those who have dismissed them as old news are missing out on a big transformation and a huge service to those who don’t necessarily yet have access to the Internet at home. My local libraries are always buzzing with patrons and the waiting list for new books is incredible… and it’s not just books. I just discovered a small collection of French movies on DVDs that is much more interesting than the foreign film section at my local video rental store…. and cheaper! I’ve also become a heavy user of their books-on-CD collection during my daily commute. Long live public libraries! Barbara

]]> By: Nancy White http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Nancy White Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:24:02 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/#comment-729 Oh, that sounds fantastic. I’ll check it out, Ed! Thanks.

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://www.fullcirc.com/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Edward Vielmetti Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:27:38 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/02/15/remember-your-library-worldcatorg/#comment-723 Nancy!

You should know about the Book Burro plugin, which incorporates Worldcat data into a popup menu on an Amazon page, so that you can see at a glance while you are looking at whether you should buy a book if it’s in a nearby library.

see

http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/book_burro/index.html

for my collected output about it (and related find-this-book-in-a-library tools) on Superpatron.

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