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International digital book tip blogs include Libr
aryThing, one of many websites that allow users to catalogue and categorise their books and compare what books they own with other users. LibraryThing has existed since 2005. The company is part-owned by Abebooks which in turn is owned by Amazon. Versions of LibraryThing have also been launched for libraries. By linking up the Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) of different libraries, more user-friendly and interactive functions have been created for libraries. The paper Bloggarens val: En studie av lästips på bloggar (The blogger’s choice: the study of readers’ advisory services on blogs) (Andersson & Holmgren 2011) investigated the similarities and differences between private blogs and libraries’ blogs, what is typical of the book tips provided by bloggers and the motives behind them. The paper’s authors conclude that there are many similarities between the private blogger’s way of presenting books and libraries’ methods of displaying literature and providing readers’ advisory services. In general, bloggers choose to write about recently published literature and the majority of their readers’ advisories are about novels. Concerning libraries’ blogs, the paper’s authors ask themselves whether the library’s readers’ advisory service represents the stock in the library or the blogger’s personal preferences. References Ahlström, Rebecca & Ekstrandh, Angelica (2005). Bokprat för barn: ur ett förmedlarperspektiv. Borås: Borås University, Swedish School of Library and Information Science. Masters thesis. Andersson, Camilla & Holmgren, Agneta (2011). Bloggarens val: En studie av lästips på bloggar. Borås: Borås University, Swedish School of Library and Information Science. Masters thesis. Bengtsson, Sara (1998). Vad är läsfrämjande?: en jämförande textstudie av synen på läsning och läsfrämjande åtgärder under tre decennier. Uppsala: Uppsala univ., Institutionen för kulturoch biblioteksstudier. Student thesis. Bodart, Joni Richards (1980). Booktalk!: booktalking and school visiting for young adult audiences. New York: H.W. Wilson. Bodart, Joni (1985). The effect of a booktalk presentation of selected titles on the attitude toward reading of senior high school students and on the circulation of these titles in the high school library. Dissertation: Texas Women’s University 1985. Chance, Rosemary & Lesesne, Teri (2012). Rethinking Reading Promotion: Old School Meets Technology. Teacher Librarian. 39, 26–28. Cyr, Ann-Marie & Gillespie, Kellie M. (2006). Something to talk about: creative booktalking for adults. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. Dahl, Pamela Kay (1988). The effects of booktalks on self-selected reading. Dissertation: Moorhead State University 1988. Frid, Nina (2012). Slutet på boken är bara början: om läsarsamtal, bokcirklar & bibliotek (The end of the book is just the beginning: on reading talks, book circles and libraries). Lund: BTJ förlag. Gunter, Glenda & Kenny, Robert (2008). Digital booktalk: Digital media for reluctant readers. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8 (1), 84–99. Kamienski, Per-Jakob (2010). Förändringar i synen på bokprat för barn och unga. En diskursiv läsning av artiklar i Biblioteksbladet 1932–2007. Uppsala: Uppsala University, ALM Department (archives, libraries and museums). Masters thesis. Keane, Nancy J. & Terence W. Cavanaugh (2009). The Tech-Savvy Booktalker: A Guide for 21stCentury Educators. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. Langemack, Chapple (2003). The booktalker’s bible: how to talk about the books you love to any audience. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. 66