Library Thing

LibraryThing sounds interesting but it would take me ages to add all the books in my house, and I wonder what real use it would be in the long run.
Would it be proof for insurance purposes in the event that my house burnt down??
Could I use it as a sort of informal list of rare or out of print books I have that others might like to buy?
Can anyone tell me what they use this site for?

delicious links

Well, this final lesson of the Licence 2 Test Drive series is the most familiar to me, having done a course in social bookmarking through OPAL a year ago.

1. The immediate advantage came from the fact I could access my bookmarks on any computer. At work and home I use several different computers and it would take ages to save the same set of favourite and useful sites on all of them.
2. The second advantage came when I was doing research for library policy and procedures, and on workplace health and safety in libraries. I could store the links on my delicious account, and share these with colleagues by directing them to my bookmarking page. If you click on the title of this blog post, "delicious links", you will find the link to my delicious bookmarks embedded in it.
   
3. The tags are a handy way of organising the growing list of sites bookmarked
4. Others can benefit from my research which saves them time
5. Rather than printing out a list of links, or several copies of the articles found, the others who would like to read these researched articles can do so by following the bookmarked links
6. I can benefit from the links saved on similar subjects by others. When following the links and seeing what others have bookmarked, I came across a link to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and this reminded me that having seen the recent exhibition from the Met at the Qld Art Gallery, I should add this link to my own bookmarks, which is quickly and easily done.
7. The ability to add a button to my Firefox page means I can quickly add bookmarks from my internet browser as I discover new sites.