Micron Document
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-0 vector-toc-not-available vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-0 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-os vector-sticky-header-enabled" lang="fr" dir="ltr"><head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>LibraryThing</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="./_res_/favicon.png">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibraryThing"> <link href="./_mw_/ext.cite.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.wikimediamessages.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.icons.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.search.codex.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content="">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/site.styles.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/noscript.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/footer.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/vector-2022.css">
</head>
<body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-LibraryThing rootpage-LibraryThing skin-vector-2022 action-view">
<div class="mw-page-container">
<div class="mw-page-container-inner">
<div class="mw-content-container">
<main id="content" class="mw-body">
<header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar">
<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">LibraryThing</span></h1>
</header>
<a id="top"></a>
<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container="">
<div id="contentSub">
<div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div>
</div>
<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="fr" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="fr" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt">
</p>
<table class="infobox_v2 infobox infobox--frwiki noarchive">
<tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; line-height: 1.5em;"> <br>Logo
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><hr style="height:2px; background-color:#ccf;"></td></tr>
<tr>


<th scope="row"><a href="Uniform_Resource_Locator" title="Uniform Resource Locator">Adresse</a>
</th>
<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.librarything.com">http://www.librarything.com</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Description
</th>
<td>Catalogue de livres en ligne
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><a href="Slogan" title="Slogan">Slogan</a>
</th>
<td>What's on your bookself?
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><a href="Commerce_en_ligne" title="Commerce en ligne">Commercial</a>
</th>
<td>oui
</td>
</tr>
<tr>



<th scope="row">Type de site
</th>
<td>Catalogue de livres communautaire
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Langue
</th>
<td><a href="Multilingue" class="mw-redirect" title="Multilingue">Multilingue</a> (six langues)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Inscription
</th>
<td>gratuite avec options payantes
</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="Si%C3%A8ge_social" title="Siège social">Siège social</a>
</th>
<td><a href="Portland_(Maine)" title="Portland (Maine)">Portland (Maine)</a> <br><span class="datasortkey nowrap" data-sort-value="États unis"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> </span><a href="%C3%89tats-Unis" title="États-Unis">États-Unis</a></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Propriétaire
</th>
<td>Tim Spalding (majoritaire)<br><a href="AbeBooks" title="AbeBooks">AbeBooks</a><br>CIG
</td>
</tr>
<tr>



<th scope="row">Créé par
</th>
<td>Tim Spalding
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Lancement
</th>
<td>29 août 2005
</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<th scope="row">Revenus
</th>
<td>1&nbsp;000&nbsp;000
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">État actuel
</th>
<td>En activité
</td>
</tr>
<tr>

</tr>
<tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>LibraryThing</b> est une <a href="Application_web" title="Application web">application web</a> de <a href="Application_de_catalogage_social" title="Application de catalogage social">catalogage social</a> destinée à enregistrer et partager des bibliothèques personnelles et des listes de livres. Elle a été mise à la disposition du public le <time class="nowrap" datetime="2005-08-29" data-sort-value="2005-08-29">29 août 2005</time>.
</p><p>La librairie en ligne <a href="AbeBooks" title="AbeBooks">AbeBooks</a> a acheté 40&nbsp;% du capital de LibraryThing en <time class="nowrap" datetime="2006-05" data-sort-value="2006-05">mai 2006</time>. En <time class="nowrap" datetime="2009-01" data-sort-value="2009-01">janvier 2009</time>, le Cambridge Information Group a acquis une part minoritaire de la société, et sa filiale Bowker est devenue le distributeur officiel des librairies<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.
</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fonctionnalités"><span id="Fonctionnalit.C3.A9s"></span>Fonctionnalités</h2></div>
<p>La première fonctionnalité de LibraryThing est le catalogage automatique de livres en important des données de vendeurs de livres et de librairies par des connexions <a href="Z39.50" title="Z39.50">Z39.50</a>. Six magasins <a href="Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon</a> fournissent une source de données toute prête (bien que parfois incorrecte). Les librairies sources fournissent des enregistrements <a href="Machine-Readable_Cataloging" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine-Readable Cataloging">MARC</a> et <a href="Dublin_Core" title="Dublin Core">Dublin Core</a> à LibraryThing&nbsp;; les utilisateurs peuvent importer des informations de plus de <span class="nowrap">680 bibliothèques</span>, y compris la <a href="Biblioth%C3%A8que_du_Congr%C3%A8s" title="Bibliothèque du Congrès">Bibliothèque du Congrès</a>, la <a href="Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_australienne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliothèque nationale australienne">Bibliothèque nationale australienne</a>, le <a href="Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_Canada" title="Bibliothèque et Archives Canada">Catalogue national canadien</a>, la <a href="British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>, et l'<a href="Universit%C3%A9_Yale" title="Université Yale">Université Yale</a>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fonctionnalités_sociales"><span id="Fonctionnalit.C3.A9s_sociales"></span>Fonctionnalités sociales</h3></div>
<p>Les fonctionnalités sociales de LibraryThing le définissent comme une application <a href="Web_2.0" title="Web 2.0">Web 2.0</a>. Il a été comparé au gestionnaire de favoris <a href="Del.icio.us" class="mw-redirect" title="Del.icio.us">Del.icio.us</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, au service de musique collaboratif <a href="Last.fm" title="Last.fm">Last.fm</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, et à <a href="Anobii" title="Anobii">Anobii</a>, un autre site de catalogage de livres<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publicité"><span id="Publicit.C3.A9"></span>Publicité</h2></div>
<p>Fin <time class="nowrap" datetime="2006-06" data-sort-value="2006-06">juin 2006</time>, LibraryThing a subi l'<a href="Effet_Slashdot" title="Effet Slashdot">effet Slashdot</a> à la suite d'un article du <i><a href="Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_et_références"><span id="Notes_et_r.C3.A9f.C3.A9rences"></span>Notes et références</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3></div>
<div class="references-small decimal" style="">
</div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Références"><span id="R.C3.A9f.C3.A9rences"></span>Références</h3></div>
<div class="references-small decimal" style=""><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="ouvrage" id="2009"><abbr class="abbr indicateur-langue" title="Langue : anglais">(en)</abbr> <span class="noarchive">«&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6631420.html"><cite style="font-style:normal; color:var(--color-link-red, #d73333);" lang="en">CIG Acquires Minority Stake in LibraryThing; Bowker to Distribute to Libraries</cite></a>&nbsp;»<sup class="">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6631420.html">Archive.org</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6631420.html">Wikiwix</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6631420.html">Archive.is</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=fr&amp;q=cache:http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6631420.html">Google</a> • Que faire&nbsp;?)</sup></span>, sur <span class="italique">Library Journal</span>, <time class="nowrap" datetime="2009-01-22" data-sort-value="2009-01-22">22 janvier 2009</time></span>.</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="ouvrage" id="Regan2005"><span class="ouvrage" id="Jim_Regan2005"><abbr class="abbr indicateur-langue" title="Langue : anglais">(en)</abbr> Jim <span class="nom_auteur">Regan</span>, «&nbsp;<cite style="font-style:normal" lang="en">Do your own LibraryThing</cite>&nbsp;», <i><span class="lang-en" lang="en"><a href="The_Christian_Science_Monitor" title="The Christian Science Monitor">The Christian Science Monitor</a></span></i>,‎ <time class="nowrap" datetime="2005-11-09" data-sort-value="2005-11-09">9 novembre 2005</time> <small style="line-height:1em;">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1109/p25s01-stct.html">lire en ligne</a>, consulté le <time class="nowrap" datetime="2007-03-13" data-sort-value="2007-03-13">13 mars 2007</time>)</small><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Do+your+own+LibraryThing&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Christian+Science+Monitor&amp;rft.aulast=Regan&amp;rft.aufirst=Jim&amp;rft.date=2005-11-09&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2F2005%2F1109%2Fp25s01-stct.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%3ALibraryThing"></span></span></span>.</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="ouvrage" id="Bain2007"><span class="ouvrage" id="Alistair_Bain2007"><abbr class="abbr indicateur-langue" title="Langue : anglais">(en)</abbr> Alistair <span class="nom_auteur">Bain</span>, «&nbsp;<cite style="font-style:normal" lang="en">LibraryThing</cite>&nbsp;», <i><span class="lang-en" lang="en">Desert of Zin</span></i>,‎ <time class="nowrap" datetime="2007-04-28" data-sort-value="2007-04-28">28 avril 2007</time> <small style="line-height:1em;">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desertofzin.org/2007/04/28/librarything/">lire en ligne</a>, consulté le <time class="nowrap" datetime="2007-06-20" data-sort-value="2007-06-20">20 juin 2007</time>)</small><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=LibraryThing&amp;rft.jtitle=Desert+of+Zin&amp;rft.aulast=Bain&amp;rft.aufirst=Alistair&amp;rft.date=2007-04-28&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.desertofzin.org%2F2007%2F04%2F28%2Flibrarything%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%3ALibraryThing"></span></span></span>.</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="ouvrage" id="Childs2007"><span class="ouvrage" id="Craig_Childs2007"><abbr class="abbr indicateur-langue" title="Langue : anglais">(en)</abbr> Craig <span class="nom_auteur">Childs</span>, «&nbsp;<cite style="font-style:normal" lang="en">aNobii - Share, Track &amp; Buy Books</cite>&nbsp;», <i><span class="lang-en" lang="en">lifehack.org</span></i>,‎ <time class="nowrap" datetime="2007-03-27" data-sort-value="2007-03-27">27 mars 2007</time> <small style="line-height:1em;">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/anobii-share-track-buy-books.html">lire en ligne</a>, consulté le <time class="nowrap" datetime="2007-06-02" data-sort-value="2007-06-02">2 juin 2007</time>)</small><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=aNobii+-+Share%2C+Track+%26+Buy+Books&amp;rft.jtitle=lifehack.org&amp;rft.aulast=Childs&amp;rft.aufirst=Craig&amp;rft.date=2007-03-27&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifehack.org%2Farticles%2Ftechnology%2Fanobii-share-track-buy-books.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%3ALibraryThing"></span></span></span>.</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="ouvrage" id="Rutkoff2006"><span class="ouvrage" id="Aaron_Rutkoff2006"><abbr class="abbr indicateur-langue" title="Langue : anglais">(en)</abbr> Aaron <span class="nom_auteur">Rutkoff</span>, «&nbsp;<cite style="font-style:normal" lang="en">Social Networking for Bookworms</cite>&nbsp;», <i><span class="lang-en" lang="en"><a href="The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></span></i>,‎ <time class="nowrap" datetime="2006-06-27" data-sort-value="2006-06-27">27 juin 2006</time> <small style="line-height:1em;">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115109622468789252-i8U6LIHU7ChfgbxG1oZ_iunOIWE_20060727.html">lire en ligne</a>, consulté le <time class="nowrap" datetime="2006-12-15" data-sort-value="2006-12-15">15 décembre 2006</time>)</small><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Social+Networking+for+Bookworms&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&amp;rft.aulast=Rutkoff&amp;rft.aufirst=Aaron&amp;rft.date=2006-06-27&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fpublic%2Farticle%2FSB115109622468789252-i8U6LIHU7ChfgbxG1oZ_iunOIWE_20060727.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%3ALibraryThing"></span></span></span>.</span>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voir_aussi">Voir aussi</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles_connexes">Articles connexes</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="Goodreads" title="Goodreads">Goodreads</a></li>
<li><a href="Anobii" title="Anobii">Anobii</a></li>
<li><a href="Booknode" title="Booknode">Booknode</a></li>
<li><a href="Babelio" title="Babelio">Babelio</a></li>
<li><a href="MyBoox" title="MyBoox">MyBoox</a></li>
<li><a href="Livraddict" title="Livraddict">Livraddict</a></li>
<li><a href="The_StoryGraph" title="The StoryGraph">The StoryGraph</a></li>
<li><a href="Folksonomie" title="Folksonomie">Folksonomie</a></li>
<li><a href="Tag_(m%C3%A9tadonn%C3%A9e)" title="Tag (métadonnée)">Tags</a></li>
<li><a href="Online_public_access_catalog" title="Online public access catalog">OPAC</a> (Online Public Access Catalog)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liens_externes">Liens externes</h3></div>
<ul><li><cite class="ouvrage" id="site_officiel" style="font-style: normal;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.fr">Site officiel</a></cite></li></ul>
<ul id="bandeau-portail" class="bandeau-portail"><li><span class="bandeau-portail-element"><span class="bandeau-portail-icone"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span></span> <span class="bandeau-portail-texte">Sciences de l’information et bibliothèques</span> </span></li> <li><span class="bandeau-portail-element"><span class="bandeau-portail-icone"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span></span> <span class="bandeau-portail-texte">Portail d’Internet</span> </span></li> </ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
Cet article est issu de <a class="external text" title="Dernière modification le 2025-01-05" href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/?title=LibraryThing&amp;oldid=221813536">Wikipédia</a>. Sauf mention contraire, le texte est disponible sous <a class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.fr">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a>. Des conditions supplémentaires peuvent s’appliquer aux fichiers multimédias.
</div>
</div><!--/htdig_noindex--></div>
</div>
</main>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="./_webp_/webpHandler.js"></script>

</body></html>