Tagging and Reviews

[Darimont, Carolyne]

I have found that initiatives like this need a critical mass of participation. Most small special libraries do not serve a large enough client group for it to really take off. I feel (just my gut talking here) that you would need an active population of almost 200 people for this to work.

 

 

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Amanda Stevens
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:13 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Tagging and Reviews

 

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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