Yow. Jon Udell just save me $25. I used my librarylookup while cruising Amazon and found Dershowitz's book on Terrorism in my local library (the book doesn't look that good so I'm glad I got to look it over for free). I owe Jon a free meal.
Check out Jon's site for 10 second directions. They are easy as pie:
LibraryLookup • Innovative libraries • Voyager libraries • iPac libraries
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Clicking the bookmarklet when a book page is current...
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...looks up the book in your local library.
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A nest of pirates. I was shocked to discover a nest of pirates yesterday, operating brazenly right here in my hometown. They were gathered in a large nondescript building, reading and talking quietly and in some cases listening to music. Some kind of social club, perhaps? Yes, but with a profoundly subversive theme: "sharing" content. This establishment houses large collections of books, magazines, audiotapes, videotapes, CDs, DVDs. And it "shares" these with its patrons. I watched in amazement as people left the building carrying armloads of these content assets, which they "borrow" without paying a nickel to the copyright holders. It's frightening, really. Who knew? [Jon's Radio] |
If your local public (or college) library is one of these Innovative, Voyager, or iPac Web-enabled libraries, find your library on the list and drag its link to your browser's link toolbar. Clicking the link won't work. The links listed on these pages are bookmarklets -- little bits of JavaScript code. You "install" one by dragging it to your browser's link toolbar.
After you've "installed" your bookmarklet in this way, you can look up books at your local library. Let's say you're on a book-related site (Amazon, BN, isbn.nu, All Consuming, possibly others), and a book's info page is your current page. (Specifically: its URL contains an ISBN. Choose a hardcover edition for best results -- see tips below.) You can click your bookmarklet to check if the book is available in your local library. The bookmarklet will invoke your library's lookup service, feed it the ISBN, and pop up a new window with the result.
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