Tagging and Reviews

[Amanda Stevens]

I have implemented tagging and reviews of catalogue records in a couple of
special libraries I've worked at and I found patrons rarely used them.  We
didn't promote these features very well, so perhaps that would have made a
difference.

Amanda

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Amanda Stevens
Halifax, Nova Scotia
amanda at robertsstreet.org


On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Patrice Chalon <patrice.chalon at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We made a test in 2008 (see below): users were invited to add a
> comment / rating / tag after returning a book.
>
> After the evaluation period,
> - comments and ratings stopped
> - provision of additional tags occurs very rarely
>
> One of the explanation was that our institution is small (50 people)
> and users were Web 1.0 (this has evolved since then) : they do prefer
> to talk about a book.
>
> Regarding tags, those readings were very inspiring
> - 17 Furner
> - 18 Blyberg
> - 27 Hayman & Lothian
>
> Hope it helps
>
> Patrice
>
> http://hdl.handle.net/10760/12136
>
>
> 2011/11/29 Kim Lehn <rajunask1 at owls.southernct.edu>:
> > Is there anyone who is involved with a library (as a patron or employee)
> whose
> > catalog allows for patron reviews or tagging?
> > If so, how successful do think the patron input is? Or if not, what are
> your
> > thoughts about this type of allowance for patrons?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Kim Lehn
> > MLS Student
> > Southern Connecticut State University
> >
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