Week 4 - books and social networking - Goodreads

I joined up to goodreads within the last round of web 2.0 training, but realised when I got to this exercise that I haven't gone back to it once.....quite possibly because since having my little man I have a bit less time to a) read and b) social network, so this one went by the wayside.

I completed the tour, and can see that it is a great site, with lots of fun features to participate in - from online book discussion groups you can belong to, to sharing recommended reads with friends. This would be a very useful tool for our avid reader customers - those looking for more great books / authors to read, those wanting to share their love of reading. I think its best suited to those with a little time to spend on it, which is probably true of any social networking tool. Possibly the only reason I don't use it more, is because I have only one 'friend' on it, I think the more people sharing, the more fun and useful it would be. As staff, its a really useful tool for potential book lists, for author/book information, for recommended reads for patrons and so on - its just having the time to explore and use it.