[Web4lib] Social software for collaborative collection development?

[Casey Bisson]

Using some tool like a wiki or Google Doc to gather nominations, then  
using a form inside a Google Spreadsheet to vote on or rank those  
nominations would solve most of this problem.

What that misses, and it's kind of an interesting library-unique  
problem: beyond managing the selection process, is there software that  
might help identify holes in the collection. Tim will point out that  
some libraries use LibraryThing to help do that with their book  
collections, but is there anything to help with videos?

Until then, I'd say Google Spreadsheets is what you need.

--Casey

On Mar 31, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Meredith Farkas wrote:

> I agree with Gillian. I've used both PBWiki and Google Spreadsheets  
> for
> similar tasks (group ratings/voting/comments -- though for evaluating
> proposals for a conference) and both platforms worked well for that  
> purpose.
> PBWiki would be more flexible (since you can create more than just  
> tables),
> but if you think an online collaborative spreadsheet would be all  
> you need,
> Google Spreadsheets works great and you wouldn't have to worry about
> creating a table.
>
> Meredith
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Cab Vinton
>> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:00 AM
>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>> Subject: [Web4lib] Social software for collaborative collection
>> development?
>>
>>
>> Publibbers struck out on this one ...
>>
>> Our local cooperative has a collection of DVD's that rotates  
>> between the
>> 12-15 member libraries & it's time to purchase some new titles.
>>
>> A selection committee of three (from different libraries) will make  
>> the
>> initial choices & then share them with the entire group.
>>
>> Wondering if anyone has used any of the newer online collaboration  
>> tools
>> to
>> facilitate a process like this.
>>
>> I've thought of using SurveyMonkey or maybe an online spreadsheet,  
>> to give
>> individuals a chance to rate the titles & share their thoughts. It  
>> would
>> also be nice to be able to include links to online reviews on  
>> Amazon or
>> wherever so folks could learn a bit more about the titles.
>>
>> Grateful for any suggestions.



Casey Bisson
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