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. Catalog issues  Editing XSLT stylesheets Illustration by James Hilston, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

7. Catalog issues  Editing XSLT stylesheets  Create link with unique bib #  Show number of comments

10. Anatomy of the Comments page

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

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

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

28. Maintenance  Pre-screened for language

29. Maintenance  Pre-screened for language Title

30. Maintenance  Pre-screened for language Title

31. 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

33. Our to-do list  Ratings  Avatars  User profiles  Tag cloud

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

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