Here's a great idea to introduce the public to the concept of a catalog by having them use a sort of catalog for themselves. If it makes the catalog less intimidating, great. Since people are often looking for other things to read or read-a-likes, this is the perfect introduction to searching for related materials and collecting lists of what was liked. Sharing with friends makes the list even more useful, and I can see book club member collaborating online with each other. Distance from each other or the library no longer matters.
The concept seemed familiar to me, as though I had seen a scaled down version before. Then in the About section I saw that it is based on EndNote, a bibliographic program used for writing research papers. That is what I used when doing papers at WSU! In many ways, this is basically an upgraded Web version!
My beginning catalog is at Cascadeblogmon's Catalog (the name on the site uses my email login, keebbaz). Didn't have time to add much yet, but I do get the concept.
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