Give Your Books a Bump
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Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 11/20/2007 8:59:00 AM
Library media specialists will find lots to love on the site, where members can create an online database of books, incorporating details such as price comparison, reviews, and even who has borrowed a favorite copy. Users can also conduct a similar book search and create custom bibliographies. While due dates are not an automatic add-on, librarians can note that in the book’s entry, as well as the book’s condition. Lists can be subdivided into categories of the owners’ choosing, from children’s books to pulp fiction. Users can also create a “Favorites” list and search for notable quotations by a certain author or within a particular volume.
The service “is a work in progress,” as noted on the site. Currently planned features include social networking, ebook integration, and online storefront management. While fixes are made weekly, according to a post, BookBump is still working out the ability to import libraries from third-party sources. And publisher locations within the bibliography are expected to become more accurate as the database is updated with the pertinent information.
The upcoming book groups feature might appeal to library users, as will the ability to export and import booklists. Imagine using such a service to accomodate new book requests by teachers.
