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