Libraries Using Shelfari?

Are public libraries using Shelfari at present?

When I entered "library" to the search window to search members yesterday, I got 100 results. After checked the result list, I found that there were 12 libraries with over 100 books on their book shelves. Others just had very few numbers of books or even no books. After I took a close look at some libraries, the records showed that many of them didn't log in Shelfari frequently. Some libraries' last log in was months ago. Therefore, from my obversation, I believe that there are not many libraries really using Shelfari currently.

Is there any potential that libraries will use Shelfari in the future?

Shelfari provides many good functions for members use. For example, members can build their virtual bookshelf, see what others are reading, find out what books are most popular, review books, recommend books to others, requesting other people's opinions about books, communicate with authors and so on. It is a great platform for members to manage their books, review books, and social network. Libraries can also use these functions to catalogue their books, track patrons' reading interests, give or obtain readers' advice, help students do homework, connect to authors, connect to publishers, conduct interlibrary loan, and publish libraries' activities. Further more, from the 100 searching result mentioned above, I found that there were 23 libraries becoming new members in the tirst quarter of 2009. While in 2008 whole year, this number was just 63. It shows a trend that more and more libraries start to pay close attention to Shelfari and may start to use it. So, there is potential that libaries will use Shelfari if they are not too commercialized by Amazon.com.