Last Saturday Tim Spalding, from LibraryThing, posted about how you can use Google Book Search as a source of cover images. You can read all about it at the Thingology blog. Tim says that the code is a little rough, but it does provide a working example. With this technique for getting book covers from [...]

The State Library of Tasmania has recently introduced LibraryThing tags into their next-gen OPAC TALISPlus Try it out – go to Bridget Jones’s diary and click on the Similar/Other/Tags tab – you can then choose a tag like ‘chick lit’ and see the State Library’s holdings in that genre – lots to explore! Initial feedback [...]