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"I See Dead People's Books"

Lýsing: A group for those interested and involved in entering the personal libraries of famous readers into LibraryThing as Legacy Libraries.

If you'd like to join a Legacy project already underway, please use the contact information listed here, or contact jbd1.

If you'd like to start a new Legacy project, visit the Cataloging Guide and learn how to get started. Also see the wiki page for more info. Please make sure someone hasn't already started a project for your subject before getting underway.

Questions? Comments? Additions? Contact jbd1.

NB: This is an LT standing group, so there's no need to join. Just jump right in and participate!

Libraries-in-progress - click here to see ongoing projects and sign up to volunteer.

Completed libraries - click here to see libraries which have already been entered.

Group Talk

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Umræðuefni		skilaboð	Síðasta skilaboð
Connection problems in LLs(?)		8	C.S._Lewis, föstudagur 5:38pm
Suggestions for other libraries to enter		152	jburlinson, fimmtudagur 7:18pm
Friedrich Nietzsche		11	YagamiLight, fimmtudagur 10:20am
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Oscar Wilde		2	benjclark, fimmtudagur 9:49am
Jack Kerouac		1	Pitoucat, desember 6
Interesting post on Longfellow		2	jbd1, desember 1
James Boswell's Library		5	thorold, nóvember 25
new library: Hannah Arendt		5	rsterling, nóvember 10
Harry Houdini		2	krolik, október 29
Rear Admiral George H. Preble		7	GeorgeHPreble, október 28
Dwight D. Eisenhower		3	jbd1, október 25
Capt. Scott of the South Pole		3	benjclark, október 13
Robert Smithson		5	artcat, október 13
Russell Kirk's library		4	Russell_Kirk, október 12
Congratulations Jeremy!		6	clamairy, október 7
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson		5	jbd1, september 27
Juice Leskinen		7	Anneli, september 24
Neil Gaimans library		4	clamairy, september 23
Updates?		11	jbd1, september 18
Secret, fun project		1	BOB81, september 4
C. S. Lewis		86	BOB81, ágúst 29
How is this being done?		10	bookblogger, ágúst 28
C. S. Lewis library PDF page range claim thread		66	cnb, ágúst 17
Reference Librarians in the News		4	Larxol, ágúst 9
Christopher Wren		1	benjclark, ágúst 6
Mark Twain		4	skg046, ágúst 5
Maupertuis: me and three dead and famous people		3	bernsad, júlí 28
The Invisible Library		13	argyriou, júlí 21
Calling all Washington Books		1	jbd1, júlí 21
We've been posted in a Writer's Magazine		3	jbd1, júlí 8
Truman Capote		4	benjclark, júlí 1
Astrid Lindgren’s Book Collection		14	anglemark, júní 18
Chester Ashley		1	Katya0133, júní 6
Ian Fleming		33	Katya0133, júní 3
Louisa May Alcott		12	Maidas9, maí 18
The Paul Avrich Collection		5	eromsted, maí 6
Wikipedia redux		22	aynar, maí 3
Anybody in Philly? (Secret mission)		9	BOB81, apríl 28
Legacy Library Podcast		1	timspalding, apríl 28
Meaning of "incomplete"		8	jbd1, apríl 28
Freud		4	koffieyahoo, apríl 28
Somebody's been eating my porridge . . .		3	timspalding, apríl 28
1st Lady Edith Roosevelt		1	benjclark, apríl 24
Dabney Carr		4	jbd1, apríl 21
Margaret of York's Library is done		1	EowynA, apríl 20
status report - Gerald Gardner		1	sailordanae, apríl 14
The original shelf list of the Social Law Library in Boston		2	jbd1, apríl 12
Stephen Girard		2	jbd1, apríl 7
William Butler Yeats		32	DisassemblyOfReason, mars 31
Odd question about duplicate entries		10	AnnaClaire, mars 31
William Congreve's library		6	prosfilaes, mars 28
Fun Facts		1	jbd1, mars 28
Early English Libraries		1	moibibliomaniac, mars 28
Nudges		12	jbd1, mars 23
Cataloging Dead People's Books, Namely the Libraries of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell and Charles La		1	moibibliomaniac, mars 23
Eeva-Liisa Manner's library		2	jbd1, mars 22
Sir Walter Scott		19	thorold, mars 18
Presidential Libraries?		7	Kordo, mars 16
New legacy library		6	jbd1, mars 8
Play nice :-)		1	jbd1, mars 3
Susan Sontag		3	SusanSontag, febrúar 28
Rogue Legacy Libraries		6	StringerTowers, febrúar 28
Thomas Mann personal library repatriation		25	jcbrunner, febrúar 28
Jackie Gleason 1700 book library online		16	jbd1, febrúar 28
Starting Sandburg's library - general questions		30	CarlSandburgLibrary, febrúar 27
Early Mormon Libraries		5	jbd1, febrúar 26
Organizing the List		9	jbd1, febrúar 23
JFK's Library		17	jbd1, febrúar 23
J. Rodman Williams		3	jbd1, febrúar 20
Franklin Update		39	CarlSandburgLibrary, febrúar 20
Link from Author page		19	timspalding, febrúar 14
New Libraries added to Wiki		3	jbd1, febrúar 10
Books Bound together		8	thorold, febrúar 10
problem with search results in add books - crosspost		5	BOB81, janúar 27
Charles Dickens		1	benjclark, janúar 21
Joseph Smith's, books		23	Katya0133, janúar 21
Barack Obama		15	benjclark, janúar 14
Richmal Crompton		3	BOB81, janúar 14
New George Orwell Library and questions		11	jbd1, janúar 14
Brigham Young?		4	Katya0133, janúar 14
Published library catalogs		16	jbd1, janúar 13
Gen. Patton's Library		14	BOB81, janúar 7
James George Frazer		2	timspalding, janúar 5
Starting library for Jean, Duc de Berry		1	EowynA, janúar 5
William Blake		3	MMcM, janúar 5
Hemingway's library: done!		78	benjclark, janúar 1
Organizing		7	timspalding, desember 2008
Pennsylvania General Assembly Library Completed		2	jbd1, desember 2008
T. E. Lawrence's Library Completed!		6	Kordo, desember 2008
Ralph Waldo Emerson		1	benjclark, desember 2008
Getting started:Richard Wright's Library		6	jbd1, desember 2008
Sir Richard Francis Burton		6	benjclark, desember 2008
New legacy library: T. E. Lawrence		30	TELawrence, desember 2008
Kierkegaard's Library		1	rad, desember 2008
Updates & Stats		4	jjlong, desember 2008
The Library of Donald and Mary Hyde		2	jbd1, desember 2008
Franz Kafka Library		16	jbd1, desember 2008
George Washington		2	jbd1, desember 2008
John Milton?		2	jbd1, desember 2008
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