[Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development

[Dugas, Marie-Ève]

Am I asking for the moon? I might be looking for something that does not exist, but I thought this list would be the place to get some answers...

I am looking for a tool/app/feature that could be of the "Amazon's-wish-list-meets-Digg-meets-Doodle" kind.  I want something that will allow me to :

1- Make lists of the books I am considering for acquisition at the library, ideally one distinct list per domain covered. - Exactly like Amazon's wish list.
2- Share those lists with professors and other persons involved with collection development at my institution WITHOUT any account creation or login/password management on their part. - Again, Amazon does that.
3- Allow the persons to provide me with their opinions on whether I should buy each of the listed books or not. It could be done with a rating-like system (5 stars or hearts, for example. See http://digsbies.org/site/wishlist), or with a simple comment system. Once again, I don't want them to have to worry about logins and passwords to rate the book or leave a comment (since the info here is not sensitive, I don't mind other people stumbling on my lists), but I would like for them to leave a name when they rate or comment. Doodle does allow this, but does not meet my other requirements, see example : http://www.doodle.com/mu4q2qaxqcnxfpt6

Ideally, it would be a hosted solution...

I've explored LibraryThing, Shelfari and the likes, but none of them allow multiple-person comments without login. So I think I'll have to find a solution where I'll post links to the book records on Amazon (or another book provider), but I still need to find a voting system that meets my requirements. Any ideas?

Thank you for your help.

Cheers,

Marie-Eve Dugas
Responsable du centre de documentation
Courriel et MSN : marie-eve.dugas at ucs.inrs.ca<mailto:marie-eve.dugas at ucs.inrs.ca>

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