I just discovered that Aquabrowser, one of our catalogs, has been adding web 2.0 functionality. They already had the ability to add RSS feeds in the catalog although BCPL has not turned that feature on yet.
1) Now the company has added something they call “My Discoveries” which offers:
- Lists that users can make for themselves or make public to help others
- Tagging, Reviewing and Scoring on any item
- Personal profiles
AquaBrowser connects people and knowledge by offering user tagging and user reviews on any item in your collection. This kind of social searching perfectly combines human intelligence with search algorithms to perform information retrieval. User tags and reviews from the local library users will only add to the ability of community libraries to be tailored for the people they are intended, because those very people will be giving their input to almost every dynamic of the library catalog.
2) AquaBrowser now allows all the item records in a library’s collection to be indexed and found by any internet search engine, as if to create a separate web page for every title in the library’s collection. This means any item in the entire collection can be found as a search result when performing a regular web search, driving traffic to the library website and allowing anyone to discover its community valuable information. The more accessible a library is online, the more the community uses and benefits from it. This information can be found in the Archive section of MediaLab’s website.
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