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Feb 15

New Feature from Polaris

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Clarification for those of you that read my blog for non-library-related information: this is library related. :-P

I just got an email from one of the sales associates (I somehow got added to the list) on a new product that can be incorporated into the PAC: NoveList Select.

Polaris is pleased to offer NoveList Select - a quick and easy way for patrons to find books similar to those that interest them. NoveList Select pulls from a database of over 4 million titles and retrieves only books that are included in your collection. What's more, a "Find more like this" link appears right in the PAC and sorts results by popularity, making it easier for readers to find additional books they will enjoy.


I can't recall if other PAC software does this either by default or with a company-supported plugin (I know there are third party plugins), but I'm quite happy to hear about this. I'd imagine it works under a library consortia running Polaris just fine, so now I guess I just have to hope our consortia decides to take a serious look at this.

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

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  1. Mike says:
    02/15/2008 05:09:17 PM

    III has a similar items functionality but in my opinion, it's pretty worthless and I can't say I've ever used it for anything. For eg, see the button on this page:

    http://search.cambridgelibraries.ca/record=b1123418

    Hmmm, and since it seems to be based on subject headings, it comes up a lot more for non fiction titles than fiction.

    I think the librarything for libraries does something like this and its recommendations are probably pretty good. Novelist is a good database so I'm guessing their recs are also pretty good.

  2. Brendon Kozlowski says:
    02/16/2008 10:23:28 PM

    In sll honesty I'd much prefer us to integrate LibraryThing, but I have a feeling our consortia has a Microsoft software-type of mentality... If it comes from our main distributor, there's little work in making it compatible and maintained. I'd imagine LibraryThing would reap larger benefits for less cost, but a bit more work. I'm not part of any of the multitudes of committees arguing the same points about our PAC though. :-P

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