social catalogues: enriching content that enhances ra services
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Social Catalogues: Enriching content that enhances RA
ServicesLaurel TarulliCollection Access LibrarianHalifax Public Librariestarulll@halifax.ca
Enhancing RA Services through the Library Catalogue
What is a social catalogue?
Folksonomies
Enriched content
Using what you’ve got
What is a Social Catalogue?User-friendly interfaces
Invites users to participate and contribute
Customization
Enriched content
The Face of a Social Catalogue
FolksonomiesReflects vocabulary of the users, regardless of
viewpoint, background or bias
Accommodates new concepts that may not be reflected in the controlled vocabulary of the catalogue
Follows desire lines, which are expressions of the direct needs of the users
• Spiteri, L. (2007) The Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library. Information Technology and Libraries.
The Benefits of using FolksonomiesDesire Lines (expressions of the needs of users)
Reflects needs of the community and interest of the community
Creates online communities of users with the same interests based on tagging patterns and usage
Encourages online communities of readers and user-driven RA services
Allows the library to build their collection on what users want, rather than what we think they want
• Spiteri, L. (2007) The Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library. Information Technology and Libraries.
Enriched ContentUser-generated content
Folksonomies/Tagging
Contributing reading suggestions and recommendations
Creating booklists
Ratings
Writing Reviews
Enriched ContentContent from Vendors
Cover artSearch inside featuresAdditional tags, reviews and recommendations
Syndetic Solutions
Google Books
Amazon
LibraryThing for Libraries
Using what you’ve gotPartnering with Collection Access (aka “The
Cataloguing Department”) to enhance the catalogue and enhance RA services
Halifax Public Libraries Personalized summaries created by the Readers’ Services
Team that addresses appeals and read-a-likes Embedded reading lists in the catalogue Reading suggestions added to the bibliographic records Local genre headings/access points RA specific training on the library catalogue
Coming Soon – AquaBrowser!
Using what you’ve gotEdmonton Public Library
Books reviews by EPL customers
Add to my list (add to your account)
Recommend this title
What others are reading
Personalized book lists – “You tell us who, what and why you like to read your favourites and we will come up with a list of other titles and others for you to try”
Social Catalogues and RA ServicesEnhances collaboration between Collection
Access and Readers’ ServicesOur collections are based on our readers’
wants and interestsEncourages an online community of readersRA moves out of the physical library and into
the readers’ homes and communityEncourages users to share reading ideas and
interest with the library and each other – it becomes “their” library
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