Book ratings and statistics
Is that book really worth ordering?
The ETH Library should allow users to rate and comment on books and collections. ETH-specific comments would be useful, for example: "This book is an essential supplement for course 227-0427-00L"
It would also interesting to see statistics about books, e.g. what the profile is of the typical borrower, e.g. post-docs in Environmental Engineering
edited on Nov 8, 2018 by Matthew Moy de Vitry
Roland Lüthi Nov 8, 2018
Hello Matthew Moy de Vitry, thank you for this interesting idea. Would this imply that the library catalogue would be extended into something like a "Social Cataloging" - Website (e.g. https://www.goodreads.com )?
Yeshi Wang Nov 12, 2018
nice! I have exactly the same idea! The statistic such as popularity and profile would be very interesting over a long time, from which people can even trace the development of the discipline.
AnnetteG Nov 15, 2018
Hello Matthew - thank you very much for your idea. I would like to know a little more on how you would imagine such a function. Therefore, these questions:
- where would you expect to see the rating/comments? In the results list oder the detail view of a book?
- if you rated a book, would you be willing to give some information about yourself (e.g. post-doc, Environmental Sciences)?
- is it "just" books? - you write about borrowing - or could it also be for other materials (e-books, databases, e-journals, images...)
Claudia Lienhard Jan 31, 2019
This idea has been advanced to the current phase
Claudia Lienhard Feb 21, 2019
This idea has been advanced to the current phase
Claudia Lienhard Mar 12, 2019
This idea has been advanced to the current phase