To Shelf, or Not to Shelf?
Today I was able to finish the Chernobyl music catalog at librarything.com (note that I am spelling Chornobyl the way the dictionary does in order to get more multinational hits with a search engine). It is a collection of 20 audio CDs procured by Dr. Hlynka, as previously posted.
I was able to add album cover images for all but a few selections, and the virtual shelf definitely looks a lot better this way. I am not sure that there is a way to link the shelf to this blog. I will spend some more time on this tomorrow. In the meantime, if you are CUCS staff, you can access the shelf at librarything.com with the user name ChernobylMusic (no space between words) and the usual password.
Issues? Well, the site was intended for books, not CDs, as we know, and I can't help but feel that it is a move in the wrong direction to start using the site for something other than its own intended purpose. A site I did find that specializes in music and not books, is lastfm.com. This site is specifically for CD collectors and sharers, with similar features to librarything and Shelfari, with the focus being on music. Lastfm.com is also a site that caters to a seemingly more broad audience, with more popular music and videos than older or classical publications. I had a hard time finding any of the albums on this site at all, but that doesn't mean that they can not be added manually. I will explore the ins and outs of this site and determine if it can be of benefit to our project.
Victoria and I have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning to attend to the CUCS site and blog.
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