I can think of arguements both for and against clients being able to post their own reviews on the library catalogue. The main reason why this is a good thing is that it gives anubody looking in the catalogue a musch better idea of what the book is about and whether it is worth reading or not, thus heightening client satisfaction.
However these reviews, since anybody can post them, have the potential for extreme bias either for or against the book regardless of its quality. Thus a good book may not get borrowed so much due to a bad review. Yet without this function potential borrowers have to look elsewhere for such information as would be provided by client reviews, which many would not necessarily be inclined to do. Therefore I am very much in favour of clients being able to post their own reviews.
Also, the library I regularly use, Sydney City Library, has this function, although its not something I've really noticed until doing this blog. So I'll have to keep it in mind next time I want to borrow something there.
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