How are folks using LibraryThing?

I am curious to know what everyone is using this tool for. I am using it as a teaching tool and have very few books listed so am wondering, if I started to really use it, what would I use it for? Books I own? Books i have read? Books I want to read? Does it accommodate all of these at once? Inquiring mimes want to know...

Professionally, in speaking with content and technology providers, I've used LT as an illustration of how social networks grow and as a jumping off point for a discussion of the strengths and foibles of community-created data. I have encouraged Tim and Abby to speak at NFAIS events because they bring a fresh approach to the world of bibliographic records.

In private, I use it because I have books climbing up my baseboards at home and I need to know what I have and what I don't have. I have used LT to test my own understanding of cataloging practices as well as social networking sites. I chat in The Green Dragon because it is the friendliest group of people you could ever seek out.

I basically use it to catalog books I own & then compare my library with other people's. I own a lot more than I've cataloged so far, but I started by cataloging the books that I consider most representative of my tastes and reading habits.

I haven't used LT professionally (except using LT as an example of an extremely cool social website & catalog of materials when talking to coworkers), but some of my coworkers have:

http://www.jocokids.org/charloul

I use it for myself, to keep track of what I've read, want to read, want to purchase, etc. I love lists!

I use this to keep track of all the books I read. I kept all my library emails, so I knew which books I read in the last couple of years. I also remembered many of the outstanding books that I've read. Unfortunately, there are many that I've read and am unable to recall. I am happy to report that I've read more than 500 books.

I like to see what books are recommended. I've often read books only because they are on my recommendation list. I've made an excel spreadsheet with them every 6 months to see how they've changed (and they change dramatically). I add the newest suggestions to a page - and it's about 500

I like to see how people have rated the books that I've been interested in reading. A low librarything score guarantees that I won't read it.

Since so many people read fiction than non-fiction, I've separated my library into 2 accounts. Otherwise, I would have no non-fiction suggestions.

I also spend way too many hours looking through other people's libraries. I wish more people would rate their books, or categorize them.

I've stopped using the 'currently reading' flag. It's too much of a pain to keep up with.

I am funny about ratings - I know what I like, but I hesitate to predict whether others will, so I stopped giving out stars. Also, iIt felt too much like grading. I like the widgets - I use one on my homepage at work that shows what I'm reading. I'd like to get an account for our library so we can use a widget to recommend books or collect faculty recommendations.