Well here is an application that I have not heard of or used ever before. I have heard of and used Wikipedia though so perhaps that will be of assistance to me?
So first I checked out the first hyperlink:
Honestly, I don't like the format. BORING. Too much like Wikipedia. Everything here is a hyperlink, with no real content.
I clicked on the top hyperlink of biography and memoir. The page is again very reminiscent of Wikipedia however now we at least have some content, and we see some library offerings. Looking back at the home-page I see that they also listed local offerings and local information. Some of this I can see as a positive. Still I find the overall too boring.
Where I think this application could be of use to my library: offering wikis on our webpage to list local offerings, and entice people by informing them of what their community has to offer them.
Next I clicked on the second hyperlink for the Princeton book club
Now this one is a little better. There is some color and some content, and more than just hyperlinks, however here I think we see to little in the way of offerings, simply a listing of book categories to check out books. Clicking on a link allows users to see what reviews members of the club have read and reviewed, also includes a pic of the front cover of the book being reviewed. I do feel that this site is better than the first in most regards but it still lacks a lot.
Last I checked out http://bullrunlibrary.pbwiki.com/, and overall I prefer this wiki by far. It lists misc. content on the sidebar, that local patrons would be most interested in, it offers content, pictures and hyperlinks to entice readers to learn more about the items that interest them and offers an immediate hyperlink to local area contents.
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