[WEB4LIB] Re: The "Commercialized" Library

[Dan Lester]

Monday, August 07, 2000, 1:17:41 PM, you wrote:

DB> I think it is questionable if links to online bookstore reviews add any
DB> value to the library catalog.  I think it may actually take away from it.  I
DB> would rather see a way for users to add their own comments about a book to a
DB> catalog in some way.  Such reviews would need to be reviewed by the library
DB> before inclusion in the catalog.

I wonder why the reviews submitted by the students at the home
institution would be any better or more useful than those submitted
from the world at large.  Yes, some review of the reviews would be
necessary, just as I assume is done with Amazon or others (only since
I've yet to see any slanderous or obscene reviews on those sources).
But as to why "my students" are any smarter than the general Amazon
user, I just don't see it.

dan


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