Browse at Amazon, request from the Library
Check this out:
I made two “bookmarklets” that let you browse through books at Amazon.com, and then with one click, search for it at the HSU Library and in the Humboldt County Library.
To use ‘em, just drag these links to your toolbar.
Then, when you’re at a book’s page on Amazon.com, just click one of the links to search for the book at the library. I wish I could have made bookmarklets for the CSU System and the Northern State Co-op Library system (you can have book’s inter-library loaned to you). I like this because it allows you to utilize Amazon.com, which, in most ways, is more powerful for browsing titles than the library catalogs, but also makes getting books FREE! And plus, it just strikes me that libraries are wonderful, underutilized, and resource-efficient (paper should never be used for things that are read only once).
Here’s where you can go to generate bookmarklets for other libraries.
I discovered this at 43folders.com, an inspiring resource for cultivating zen-like efficient organization and work habits I’ve read in the past and just added to my Google Reader.
aaron :: Jul.14.2007 :: Humboldt County, Information tech ::