Creating a list just for my students at my school's library

Hello, I've created a group and will get students to join the LibraryThing site so they can join my group. I'm posting books that I would like students to read and comment as to whether or not the books should be kept or weeded. I need to know how to add those books to that group. Thanks for any help.

Books can be added to an account but they cannot be added to a group.

Maybe you could use the Lists feature for this.

What about touchstones? Then the list would appear on the right side of the screen.

>3 tardis: That could also work, but would need to be limited per-post, or else it starts acting weird when there's too many in one.

For this purpose it might be better to start a new topic for each book with the title in the subject line, and then repeated as a touchstone. That would keep the messages about each book together.

(Please make sure you have read the Terms of Service and that the students are at least 13.)

I have a teacher who has used LT for three years for her students' book reviews. The students set up private accounts and she sets up a private group. She then invites them to join the group. They post their book reviews in the group. Every year she invites me and I comment on their reviews. They know that this mysterious commenter was invited and most of the time they figure out it was me, especially if I recommended the book they read. Unfortunately, they read a lot of John Green year after year and I get tired of posting about his books.

You could create a private group and make each book recommendation a different post, complete with cover art and touchstone. The student could then post their comments after they've read that book. You would immediately know if a new post has been made since that book's post will rise to the top of the page.

If LT won't work for you, there are several just-for-kids sites. I am using Biblionasium with my students, but there are a few others. Reading Rewards is another, but I can't think of the others off the top of my head. Students can build a bookshelf; log reading, recommend books to classmates, etc. No age limitations. I sent a permission form to parents. and Biblionasium has a form letter to parents where you can send the user name and password.