[Web4lib] Social software for collaborative collection development?

[Brian Gray]

I would use a wiki for your discussion.

For books (I am not sure on DVDs), one idea I had was to create a fake
librarything.com account and add all the items. It links to all the
external sites with additional information. You can have a single link
in your wiki but the LibraryThing link will lead to others.

I have know libraries that have used LibraryThing as a wish list for
patrons to review and provide feedback.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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