beyond staff picks: digital discovery in public...
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Beyond Staff Picks:
Digital Discovery in Public Libraries
Lydia Zvyagintseva,
MA/MLIS Candidate
Doorways of appeal
Doorways of appeal
Character Setting
Language Story
Reader’s advisory
what people read >> why they read
“the process of reader’s advisory is
not identical to the process of
retrieving information about fiction or
nonfiction titles, and while book
characteristics are instrumental in
facilitating such information retrieval,
they are less effective for the process
of advisory.” (Dali, 24).
appeal >> experience of reading
“In general, reading appeal does not
lend itself to automation as easily as
the traditionally defined book appeal
and requires flexibility and
sophistication on the part of the
human reader’s advisor.” (Dali, 42)
How to translate into digital?
Content classification
Serendipity
Custom user profiles
Libraries as places
“Both physical and digital libraries
occupy the physical-conceptual
continuum with respect to ideas,
materials, and people.” (Pomerantz&
Marchionini, 506)
Libraries as places
physical-conceptual continuum
people who hold stakes in the place
functionalities that bring people to
the place
Virtual Bookshelves
Curtin University
Digital libraries
1. “Space” is defined by the classification
scheme.
2. Information architecture is fundamentally
an exercise in classification.
National Library of Finland
NCSU “Browse Shelf”
Dark
Funny
Moody
Sad
Hottt
Find a book!
Fantastic
Futuristic
Realistic
Researche
d
Mild
Minor
StrongHistorical
The White Queen
urbanbook
Digital Bookmobile
“Libraries are fundamentally spatial, but the
definition of space must be broadened: the
most critical element of this space may not
be that it is either physical or virtual, but
that it is intellectual.” (Pomerantz & Marchionini, 528)
Thanks!
Pomerantz, J., & Marchionini, G. (2007). The digital
library as place. Journal Of Documentation, 63(4), 505-533.
doi:10.1108/00220410710758995
TROTT, B. (2005). Advising readers online : A look at
internet-based reading recommendation services
(English). Reference And User Services Quarterly, 44(3),
210-215.
Dali, K. (2014). From Book Appeal to Reading Appeal:
Redefining the Concept of Appeal in Readers'
Advisory. Library Quarterly, 84(1), 22-48.
