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LibraryThing for Libraries

Library Anywhere

• Your library's on the phone! Library Anywhere takes any library catalog and makes it mobile, instantly.
• Printable Library Anywhere handout (PDF)

OPAC Enhancements

• LibraryThing for Libraries (LTFL) is a system of OPAC enhancements, designed to make your catalog more engaging and informative.
• Give your patrons exciting new content, including: Tags, Reviews, Similar Books, Shelf Browse, Series, Awards, Lexile measures, and Other editions. Pick and choose which enhancements you'd like.
• Browse, search and discover your library's holdings in a new, powerful, and engaging way.
• LTFL works by adding data and features directly into your OPAC. Installation is simple.
• Printable LTFL handout (PDF)

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Reviews enhancement

• Patron reviews. Let your patrons rate and review right in your catalog.
• Already full. Access over 575,000 high-quality reviews from LibraryThing.com, share reviews with other LTFL libraries and let your patrons add their own.
• Widgets. Patrons get a first-of-its-kind library-branded blog widget, allowing them to show their friends what they're reading at the library they love.
• Try it yourself at Logan Library or any of the libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries.

Catalog enhancements

• Book recommendations. Offer reader's advisory on the spot. Show high-quality "recommended" or "similar" books that can be found at your library—end dead-end searches! Recommendations cover more than 5 million ISBNs.
• Tag browsing. Enhance your catalog with the power and flexibility of searching and browsing your books by tags. LTFL provides over 78 million tags, vetted by librarians.
• Other editions and translations. Link related editions and translations of the same work. "FRBR"-ize your catalog with a few lines of HTML.
• Try it yourself at Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service or any of the libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries.

Shelf Browse enhancement

• Shelf Browse uses your call numbers and ties them with cover images to give your patrons the context and serendipity of browsing a physical shelf.
• Includes a mini shelf-browser that sits on your detail pages, and a full-screen version, launched from the detail page.
• Use collections to limit Shelf Browse to a certain collection—YA books, AV, etc.
• If a book doesn't have a cover, we provide a default one, with the title and author printed over it.
• Try it yourself at Gold Coast Libraries or any of the libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries.

Series and Awards enhancements

• Series. Draws from more than 50,000 different series. LTFL provides a short description of the series and any related series (for example, The Chronicles of Narnia in both chronological order and in publication order).
• Awards and honors. Includes over 25,000 different awards and honors, from the National Book Award and the Booker Prize to the Salon Book Award and New York Times Notable Book of the Year, or even Oprah's Book Club selections. Spotlight awards that you'd like to highlight in your catalog
• Try it yourself at Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library or any of the libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries.