Can I create second library?

I've used LT regularly for years. But I've run up against a use case that I'm not sure can be served by LT.

The question revolves around creating a second library that bears no relation to my personal library, and has perhaps the ability for multiple persons to add to it. It seems that LT supports something along these lines but I'm not sure of policies and intentions of those who plan and run LT.

I want to start an LT library that collects books on a subject area (it's farming/gardening related). These books would come from many sources: other persons' libraries (w/permission, of course), other person's recommended books, and so on. It is definitely not a catalog of a physical collection belonging to me or any institution.

I would then provide the catalog/library to persons who are interested in the subject. I might need to do this by exporting the books to a public website I own, since I don't want to use LT in ways unintended by site policy.

Never say never, but I can hardly imagine that the number of persons wanting to view this little library would ever get large: there are too many more popular sources of information on this subject area.

(I will have limited access to the internet through July 30, but I will check for replies as often as I can.)

Yes you can create a second LibraryThing account (as long as you don't pretend to be someone else). There is no way to give multiple accounts access to the same catalog, but you could give out the username and password to multiple people if you trust them. If the account is public, anyone can view what books are in the account, whether they have a LibraryThing account or not.

However, it seems like what you're looking for is more like a list. Something like this: https://www.librarything.com/list/1051/all/Garden-essays-and-books-on-gardening. You can create a locked list that only you can add books to, but anyone else can view the list and vote books up and down. (Or you can have an open list that anyone can add books to, but then you will have less control.) You can add any books you want to the list, that are already entered into LT.

>2 norabelle414: Thank you. And that was a nicely chosen example of a list - plenty to interest me there!

I hadn't known about lists. It could work if the username and password were not my own; unsure about that. (It won't work as a free for all list where everyone can add/change/delete, which seems to be one option.)

As a start, I could set up a second account and begin adding books. Should I decide to go with the list option, I assume I could find a way to transition books in the account to a list without having to re-enter all of them.

The public view option for an account works for this use case. And sharing username and password selectively ought to work unless the library by some unsought for fluke goes viral (though I realize that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions).

>3 gponym: You can always change the password if you think unauthorized people have started logging in and adding and editing records. Only those you want to add and edit need it. Those who just need access to the catalogue need only the link to it.

I'd like to create a separate library for my Audible books. You say "Yes you can create a second LibraryThing account (as long as you don't pretend to be someone else)" but you don't explain the mechanics. When I access LibraryThing it recognizes me and gives me my existing account. Just what do I do to create a second account without pretending to be someone else? Thanks.

>5 MJ_Oddi: You'll need to sign out of your current account. Look to the upper right of the top menu on the desktop version of the site or in the menu dropdown of the mobile version.

>5 MJ_Oddi: Click "sign out" in the upper right corner

>5 MJ_Oddi: You can only be logged in to one account at a time. You would need to logout of your first account in order to create a second one. I did it once, and it was too annoying. You may be better off to just create a new Collection heading.

The advice to not pretend to be someone else mostly refers to going into Talk or duplicating a catalog for the purpose of marketing (for example, to make books look more popular than are).

>8 2wonderY: Using two different browsers should be a way to have both accounts open at the same time