Thing #16

LibraryThing would be a great way for an English/Reading teacher to encourage his/her students to share book lists with each other.  With LibraryThing, students could research book titles, authors, etc., read their chosen book(s) and make recommendations to their classmates.  This tool has lots of social features related to books similar to flickr and photographs.  I can see where this site would be very popular with librarians, especially when they're making large book purchases.  My sister has been a high school librarian in another district for seventeen years and she tells me that she has to find a certain number of positive reviews for each book ordered.  That has to be quite a job when ordering such a large amount of books!