A list is a collection of titles related to a specific topic or idea of your choosing. For example: Knitting Books for Beginners or The 10 Best Movies about Baseball would be suitable subjects for lists. Although lists are meant for sharing, you can decide who gets to see your list when you publish it.
Why Create Lists?
Creating lists is a great way to help other library patrons discover new works. Best Italian Cookbooks, 10 Books My Daughter Loves Best and Movies That Changed My Life are examples of lists you could create. A good list is a curated topic guide. A list shouldn’t be just a group of titles by an author, since you can do that just by searching, or a group of titles you want to borrow, since you have a For Later shelf for that.
You will see lists in several locations on the site:
- On the title details page, any public list featuring the title will be shown.
- Staff lists are created by library staff and will appear under "Staff lists featuring this title"
- Patron-created lists will appear in "More from the community"
- The lists you create are also shared with other users when they view your profile. (The exception is lists you have chosen to keep private.)
- Users’ lists are also featured at the bottom of the Recent Activity page under the heading Recent lists.
When you have an idea for a list and you’re ready to get started, see Creating Lists.
Note: To track titles you want to borrow in the future, use your For Later shelf. You can add as many titles to a shelf as you like, and apply facets to filter the shelf if you have a large number of titles.