Reader’s Advisory on the Web: Resources, Case Studies, and Community Involvement

21st Century Literacies, Lowell Massachusetts

Steven M. Cohen - PubSub Concepts, Inc and Library Stuff


http://stevenmcohen.pbwiki.com/ReadersAdvisoryOnline


+ Shakespeare?

+ Have you ever wanted to be the world's fastest librarian?


+ About the article that inspired this presentation
+ The two way street
+ Wisdom of the Crowds and Collective Knowledge
1) Diversity of opinion
2) Independence of members from one another
3) Decentralization
4) A good method for aggregating opinions

+ Library Catalogs and collective knowledge - Will it fly?
+ Social Capital and library catalogs
+ The new Web


Resources

Web 1.0

+ If you like...
+ Readers' Cafe
+ Reader's Robot - Getting there...
+ Which Book

Web 2.0

+ What Should I Read Next
+ Library Thing
+ Chain Reading
+ Reader2
+ Delicious Library
+ Listal
+ bibliophil
+ Open World Cat
+ Glypho
+ Stuffopolis

My vision of Community-based Readers Advisory

+ Materials reviews from librarians AND patrons.
+ My catalog (http://www.netvibes.com) and sharing them.
+ Online book clubs (this book is being read by X group).
+ RSS Feeds galore
+ Ratings

1) Digg (conceptual)
2) Reddit (conceptual)

+ Tagging


Libraries that incorporate online communities

Not that many!

+ Library OPAC Greatness in Denmark
+ Beyond the Typical Library OPAC
+ Taggytastic Library Catalogs


Pitfalls

+ Spam
+ Bias
+ Overload
+ Staff/IT time (but...)


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