From the list of web 2.0 award winners I chose biblio.com, the 2nd place winner in the "books" category. Essentially biblio is a bookstore for textbooks, new books, out of print books, and rare books. I searched for a favorite of mine called It's Going to be Perfect by Nancy Carlson. The search returned 4 copies, but the pricing was bizarre. Two of the copies were under $3.00 and the other 2 were over $100.00! This site could certainly be used by libraries as a place to acquire rare and out of print books, or archivists could use this tool to see how much certain books are worth.
The web 2.0 element is in the community forum where users can review and discuss books. The site also has a facebook page, a blog, and twitter.
0 comments:
Post a Comment