Thursday, June 11, 2015

Investigative Exercise 6. Social Bookmarking


Some of the reader reviews have content that is helpful, and to the point, while other reviews are filled out with information that may not be as useful to readers, including personal opinions. The nature of these reviews is so that it is not necessary for library staff to read and review titles. This means that there may be much more content reviewed, but does meant that reviews may not have the same criteria and guidelines that they would were they written by staff. 

I think that this is a useful service for libraries to provide, but I think it should be necessary for staff to approve reviews, to moderate posts, and ensure no offensive content is posted.

My local library, Leichhardt, only has staff reviews available on the library catalogue

1 comment:

  1. That's a good point you are making about the quantity of output vs effort spent.

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