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Comments in the Catalog: Community Interaction

This presentation explores the innovative integration of community commentary within library catalogs, emphasizing how mini-reviews function as a "blog for every book." Featuring a brief history of the initiative, it highlights four key threads: summer book reviews by youth, adult reviews, catalog customization, and book-related conversations. Demonstrating the high engagement level, with over 5,700 comments by 3,000 users within the first 11 months, the talk will touch on the comments' features, maintenance processes, and potential future developments for improving user interaction.

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Comments in the Catalog: Community Interaction

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  1. Comments in the Catalog: Community Interaction Computers in Libraries 2007 April 17, 2007 Glenn Peterson, Hennepin (MN) County Library

  2. Comments are… • mini-reviews • on any title in the catalog • a “blog for every book”

  3. A very brief history… • Four threads • summer book reviews by kids and teens • book reviews by adults • catalog customization • conversations about books

  4. Demo

  5. Patrons can comment… • From the library catalog • Full bib screen • Items out • From booklists

  6. Anatomy of the Comments page

  7. It’s a mash-up… • Bibliographic info • Enriched content • Patron comments • Audio reviews (podcasts) • Amazon reviews • Related lists • Recent comments

  8. How’s it going? • Most-heavily used feature on our site • Especially popular with teens • 5700 comments/3000 users over the first 11 months

  9. The Long Tail Number of comments Number of Titles Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail

  10. Maintenance • Pre-screened for language

  11. Maintenance • Pre-screened for language Title

  12. Maintenance • Pre-screened for language Title

  13. 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

  14. Our to-do list • Ratings • Avatars • User profiles • Tag cloud

  15. Related developments • WPopac (Plymouth State U.) • SOPAC (Ann Arbor District Library) • Millennium (Innovative) • LibraryThing for Libraries

  16. Contact Information Glenn Peterson Web Administrator gpeterson@hclib.org www.hclib.org/extranet

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