Today is the 'soft opening' for the LibraryThing for Libraries patron review module. In full item records in iBistro, you will notice 'see reviews/add a review' link between "similar books" and "user tags", along with a 5-star rating and a count of reviews.
Clicking on the link will bring up a shadow box with "reviews at my library". This content is harvested from moderated reviews submitted by librarything users. Any locally written reviews will be featured first.
Patrons can submit a review by signing up for a free use account- they need to select a username and a password, and supply an email address for password recovery. As soon as they do this, they can write a review and DDL staff will receive a notification that a new review is awaiting moderation. Once the review is approved, it will appear in the item reviews online.
Why not set up a reviews account for your own library, and share the account details with your staff?
We'll be working on some announcement and brochures over the next week of so, and will notify library staff before we publish the announcement on the lib.de.us website.
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