One thing I have spent a lot of time organizing is our classroom library. I have the books categorized by genres and common themes. I wanted to have a way to keep track of all of the books in the classroom library, so I have used Library Thing and a CueCat to get organized!

CueCat - Photo from Flickr

This little guy, a CueCat, acts like a barcode scanner. I was able to scan most of the books into Library Thing using the CueCat. Some of the books required me to type in their ISBN number.

Library Thing is a website that allows people to keep track of their personal libraries. I was able to type in the ISBN (or scan it with the CueCat) and the website searched amazon.com to find the books. I was then able to organize all of the books into different collections. Each collection represents a book basket in my classroom. Students should be able to easily find the book they want in the classroom by searching my Library Thing site.

Here’s what my Library Thing site looks like:

My Library Thing Site

Please feel free to take a look at my Library Thing and check out all of the books we have in our classroom library!