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ReadersAdvisoryOnline

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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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