[Web4lib] Social software for collaborative collection development?

[Gillian Wiseman]

Have you thought of using a Wiki? You could create a single table very easily, and it's not hard to add links. You could link to the IMDB, Amazon, and other popular movie review sources by individual title, or just to the main page of each source. 

Another possible online collaborative tool would be googledocs, tho I'm less familiar with doing that.

Gillian

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Cab Vinton
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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.

Thanks,

Cab Vinton
Sanbornton Public Library
603-286-8288
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