Today I attended Power to the Patron, a Library Journal’s Virtual Technology Summit. The third panel, ILS Role in Empowering Patrons, included the participation of Monique Sendze, IT Director for Douglas County Libraries in Colorado. During her presentation I learned about how her library has recently implemented collaborative filtering in the catalog.
Douglas County Libraries’ new catalog gives users the option of rating materials with a star rating system. It also allows them to keep track of what they have read through reading lists that can be downloaded and shared. Patrons are now able to write book reviews and read reviews by staff and other users. Most importantly, when patrons access catalog records, they now see recommendations of similar titles and recommendations based on what “people who viewed this also viewed”.
Sendze also shared that so far the new catalog features have been a success with their patrons.
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