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LibraryThing

LibraryThing is a social cataloging web application for storing and sharing book catalogs and various types of book metadata. It is used by authors, individuals, libraries, and publishers.

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Owner
Tim Spalding (majority) · AbeBooks/Amazon (40%) · CIG (minority)
Created by
Tim Spalding
Current status
Active
Launched
August 29, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-08-29)
Registration
Free
Type of site
Catalog and community

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Features

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Publicity

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LibraryThing

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples78
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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LibraryThing

Top relations

related to Features · 18
LibraryThing → Amazon, Australia, British Library, Canadian National Catalogue, Common Knowledge, Congress, Discussion, Dublin Core, Each, Library, LT, MARC, Members, National Library, Should, The, Yale University, Z39
related to history · 13
LibraryThing → Amazon, As, August, Based, COVID-19, February, Maine, March, Motivated, Portland, They, Tim Spalding, Z39
related to Further reading · 11
LibraryThing → Anna, CARL NITIG, Cataloging, Hvass, Library Hi Tech News, Next Generation Libraries, OPAC, San Francisco State University, September, Wenzler, Workshop
related to Ownership · 8
LibraryThing → AbeBooks, Amazon, Bowker, Cambridge Information Group, In January, May, Online, Tim Spalding
related to Social features · 8
LibraryThing → BookLikes, Del, Goodreads, Last, Libib, LibraryThing's, Shelfari, Similar
related to Publicity · 7
LibraryThing → At, In December, June, Slashdot, The, UnSuggester, Wall Street Journal
Owner · 3
LibraryThing → AbeBooks/Amazon (40%), CIG (minority), Tim Spalding (majority)
related to TinyCat · 3
LibraryThing → In, OPAC, TinyCat
Created by · 1
LibraryThing → Tim Spalding
Current status · 1
LibraryThing → Active

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Important terminology

libraries cataloging social book amazon abebooks information tinycat also catalog community tim spalding users books library individuals features opac slashdot

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LibraryThingCreated byTim Spalding1.00infobox
LibraryThingCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
LibraryThingLaunchedAugust 29, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-08-29)1.00infobox
LibraryThingOwnerTim Spalding (majority)1.00infobox
LibraryThingOwnerAbeBooks/Amazon (40%)1.00infobox
LibraryThingOwnerCIG (minority)1.00infobox
LibraryThingRegistrationFree1.00infobox
LibraryThingType of siteCatalog and community1.00infobox
LibraryThingURLlibrarything.com1.00infobox
LibraryThingis asocial cataloging web application for storing and sharing book catalogs and various types of book metadata0.90text
LibraryThingrelated to FeaturesThe0.60section
LibraryThingrelated to FeaturesLT0.60section

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