comments in the catalog: community interaction

Comments in the Catalog: Community

Interaction

Computers in Libraries 2007April 17, 2007

Glenn Peterson, Hennepin (MN) County Library

Comments are…

mini-reviews

on any title in the catalog

a “blog for every book”

A very brief history…

Four threads

•summer book reviews by

kids and teens

•book reviews by adults

•catalog customization

•conversations about books

Demo

Patrons can comment…

From the library catalog

•Full bib screen

•Items out

From booklists

Anatomy of the

Comments page

It’s a mash-up…

Bibliographic info Enriched content Patron comments Audio reviews (podcasts) Amazon reviews Related lists Recent comments

How’s it going?

Most-heavily used feature on

our site

Especially popular with teens

5700 comments/3000 users

over the first 11 months

The Long Tail

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail

Number ofcomments

Number of Titles

Maintenance

Pre-screened for language

Maintenance

Pre-screened for language

Title

Maintenance

Pre-screened for language

Title

Maintenance

Pre-screened for language

Batched every 4 hours and sent

as an email message

Reviewed by Web Services staff

on rotating basis

Click a link to hide a comment

“Problem” comments edited

Our to-do list

Ratings

Avatars

User profiles

Tag cloud

Related developments

WPopac (Plymouth State U.)

SOPAC (Ann Arbor District Library)

Millennium (Innovative)

LibraryThing for Libraries

Contact Information

Glenn PetersonWeb Administratorgpeterson@hclib.orgwww.hclib.org/extranet