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Mar 12 2008, 6:57 PM EDT (current) PhilippaJ
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URL: http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/books


Background
  • created in June 2007
  • reason for creating the site came from 2 areas
    • Readers advisory training for staff, wanted a central point for all RA tools and resources
    • Seeing other blogs at reference seminar inspired us to create one of our own, but we struck various problems and decided to go with a website as an interim measure
Positives
  • Brought together several sections of our website which had previously been separated.
    • Author lists in various genres
    • Book club information
    • "Bestsellers"
    • NoveList database

  • Increased number of lists available
    • in "niche" genres eg. Vampire romance
    • in themes as well as genres

  • Co-operative effort of many staff
    • Submitting book reviews
    • Submitting themed guides
    • Creating author lists
    • RA training sessions inspire new contributors!

  • Higher level of interactivity
    • Open URL link to WebOpac - every book listed on the site is available in our library and customers can instantly see if the item is in or out
    • Link for customers to email their reviews
    • Links to other websites as springboard to WWW
Negatives
  • Only one staff member currently with access to update the site
  • Limited as to format and design of site by Council restraints
  • Moderate use of site by staff, small number of customers using and contributing at this stage
  • No ability to tag or search reviews
What's next?
  • Blog
    • Move site to a blog
    • IT concerns
    • Marketing the blog to customers - have marketed current site only through word of mouth and printed author bookmarks