Friday, May 16, 2008

Answer Boards and Social Searching

Yes, I think that there is a role for my library in "slamming the boards", I think that all public libraries have a role in this. It's a great way of going outside of the confines of the library walls and take our services to the user. Also a great way of promoting libraries in general and how they can help people find out the information that they need.

In what ways might our patrons like to rate and/or review our collection or services provided?

In a way that is easy to find and use for both rating and writing reviews and looking up the reviews and ratings of other library patrons.
It also will depend on the users as being a public library we have a diverse user community. The older people may prefer something that is not internet based but the younger patrons up to around the age of 50-60 would prefer to rate and review online using these types of services available on the internet.

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