[Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development

[Robert L. Balliot]

Seems like you could do that with a hosted Wordpress blog fairly easily. All
of the comment / sharing capabilities you mentioned exist either innately or
as plug-ins.  There is even Amazon Showcase as a WP plug-in:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-showcase-wordpress-widget/screens
hots/



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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dugas, Marie-Ève
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:16 PM
To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org'
Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development

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>

Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Centre Urbanisation Culture Société
385, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec) H2X 1E3
Téléphone : 514 499-4098
Télécopie : 514 499-4065
www.ucs.inrs.ca<http://www.ucs.inrs.ca/>

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