I think the varying reactions to this thread show us that we're going to need to be very careful to build any functionality in a very configurable way. I think we're going to see three tiers of services for reading lists; completely anonimized, demographically anonymized, and non-anonymized. For other kinds of functionality we're going to see similar division (e.g., tracking ethnicity). If we do things right, I think everyone can be kept (or made) happy. -pate On Wed, 8 May 2002, Rosalie Blake wrote:
Hello everyone, Sorry to be late responding to the email thread about user comments, but I would like to add one further thought - our borrowers love the facility of being able to look back over their reading lists. "I read a book a few months ago. It was about... but I can't remember the title/author. Do you know what it was?" And with the reading lists we have a much better chance of identifying the not- quite-forgotten title. At the moment, they have to invoke a staff member to show them their list, but in the near future, I'm planning to let them have access (passworded) to their own records. I'm expecting a round of appreciation when more poeple realise this is available. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust