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For more than 30 years I have bought books, entered them onto a master list of books in my library, filled out 3x5 cards (which I quit doing a few years back), read them and shelved them. But all of this has become electronic. Some are storing things in cyberspace. 
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Delicious LIbrary is the way to go on a mac. Deliciousmonster is notorious for having elegant interfaces, easy usability, and power to boot.
I am surprised so many people haven't found their way to librarything.com yet. I second all those who have discussed its value. This post inspired me to post a plug for the website on my blog. However, I must admit after reading these comments about Delicious Library I am intrigued.
Scott, it depends on what you are looking for. Delicious Library is great, and if you are simply looking for an electronic catalogue of your books, then it is probably the best choice.
The advantage of LibraryThing is that it is online (though you'd probably have to pay the $25 lifetime fee for your amount of books) AND it is connected to a program called Ottobib, which makes a proper MLA, APA, or Turabian bibliographic citation of any of your books. (see my discussion on LibraryThing and a few others on the SBL forum (http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?ArticleId=674)
However, if you are looking to revamp your research and writing somewhat, then Delicious Library isn't the right choice. What you want instead is a bibliographic manager. You can read my SBL forum article on Bookends (http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?articleId=468) for an idea on what a bibliographic manager can do for you. Basically, it not only catalogues your books AND essays AND journal articles (not just books), but it will write your footnotes and bibliography for you as well.
On the Mac there are two excellent options, Sente and Bookends. There is also Zotero, which is not as good as the other 2 but is free and does its job well.
I've never shared a library, never got around to it I guess.
My entire library is recorded in Endnote and available on my computer. I love Endnote. Plus as I do research and writing I have my resources at my fingertips.
This is a very helpful post. I'm looking into some of the above resources.
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