Library Thing

It was fun exploring Library Thing and finding out the many ways a person could benefit and learn from it. As a librarian this website could be useful for your library in quite a number of ways. For example:
-I could create an account with the new books that have come into the library and place a widget with already made brief explanations of the books on my wiki. This could be easily updated on a monthly basis and a fun way to display the books. A librarian could even display books consisting of a certain genre or theme.
 -Through thousands of readers, Library Thing collects much data and is able to create many ratings. With these ratings a librarian can tell what books are being read the most. It also can let a librarian see which books and authors have the best ratings, all created by thousands of its readers who have a registered account. It also shows what authors had the lowest ratings. Many reviews written by the readers are available for all to see. All this information could be very helpful when selecting new books for the library.
 -Another helpful aspect of Library Thing are the recommendations for future books based on what you have read in the past. I wonder if these recommendations take personal reviews into account. For example if I read a book and am not thoroughly impressed, will Library Thing be able to recognize that I do not want similar books such as that one?
 -As a librarian this would be a good place to write personal reviews about the books I am reading and return to this site when I need to remember why I liked or did not like a book. -Library Thing also connects the reader to other readers with similar tastes. They are able to communicate back and forth to get ideas and discuss certain books. Many readers are always looking for a good book to read, and this could be very useful.
This website has so many fun and useful applications that I believe most librarians would appreciate what a site like this has to offer.