Ponderings of a Scientist

Spend less money on books and more time engaged in your community! The Library Look-up Project.

“If your local library uses one of the online catalog systems listed here, you may be able to create a bookmarklet that will help you look up books in your library.

After you’ve “installed” your bookmarklet by dragging it to your browser’s link toolbar, you can use it to look up books at your local library. Let’s say you’re on a book-related site (Amazon, BN, isbn.nu) and your current page’s URL includes 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.” - Jon Udell