Academic cybrarian, bibliophile & culturista. Mentor to library school (LIS) students and graduates. Advocate for all libraries and their users. [Fmr. Organizer, NY Librarians Meetup]
This year’s Read Harder challenged is presented by Libby. Meet Libby.
The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your
smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your
library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres,
ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more.
Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle.
All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the
library collection without one. In select locations, Libby will even get
your library card for you instantly. Learn more at https://meet.libbyapp.com/. Happy Reading. Read more...
The beauty of Goodreads is the shelves, am I right or am I right?
They’re lists of books, but called shelves, because books. Their
existence is the main reason I’ve stayed with the site for a decade
(whoa).
But the thought of them can be daunting. So many options! So many options within those options!
Never
fear. I’ve spent far too many hours spying on Goodreads accounts and
taking notes. And let me tell you, people take their shelves *very*
seriously.
Starter ideas for shelves:
Year read. I
did this for a while, but with the option to mark the dates you read a
book in the review section, I’ve only kept a shelf for the current year.
(You can view your yearly stats by going to My Books > Tools >
Stats. Here’s what mine looks like.)
Format/status/location. Audiobook, ebook, print? Library book? Borrowed from a pal? Owned? On deck?
Genre. Fiction vs. nonfiction, essays vs. short
stories vs. comics vs. poetry. The options here are a little easier to
define by going to a book’s page and checking what common shelves are.
Author and book identifier. Author of color? Queer? From another country? Book translated from its original language?
Meet Libby.
The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your
smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your
library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres,
ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more.
Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle.
All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the
library collection without one. In select locations, Libby will even get
your library card for you instantly. Learn more at https://meet.libbyapp.com/. Happy Reading. Read more...
