Library Thing and Rollyo

Today I looked at creating a Library Thing account and Rollyo account.

Library Thing
I liked Library Thing in being a free tool to catalogue books, I like the display and tool interaction of the web site and it is well designed. Although in my case most of my looks I can see within a glance on the book shelve and therefore I don't think I would be using this application to a great extent. I also liked how there is an image of the item in the catalogue which helps to visualize what the item will look like on the shelf. This could have wide application in libraries because a patron can see what the book looks like before trying to find it on the shelf. It can also help with library staff activities such as tracing items, although the saying goes don’t judge a book by its cover, the cover can give additional information relating to whether the material is relevant or not.

Rollyo
Rollyo is also another useful web application. The by-line that you can create your own search engine using the source you trust. This is useful for law students who can mix academic law sites such as LexisNexis with no academic sites and also things such as blawgs (law blogs). This way you can search both formal and no formal sites with a search engine while keeping out all the rubbish web sites which crop up with your search terms but have no relevance.

Blogging
On the blogging front my spell check on Blogger has disappeared as well as the insert image button. I have tried refreshing the browser, logging in/out, closing and restarting another browser (all in Mozilla) but they are still missing. I am using a word document then pasting this into a new post to avoid spelling mistakes. Hopefully next time I log in they will reappear!