Ideas worth borrowing?

 ( Photo and caption from The Chronicle of Higher Education)

"Readers in Harvard U.'s Widener Library can return books to the "Awesome Box," creating a data trail about what they consider great. "Awesomed" selections are then publicized via Twitter ( ‏ @HLAwesome)." *Curiously, I became only the 14th "follower" of this Twitter service when clicked-in this noon.

In this article they also talk about StackLife; a component of their circulation system that draws on past loans to recommend additional titles based on their value to the resident reading community.It appears as a bookshelf of "adjacent" titles.

Additionally, some libraries are contracting with LibraryThing to supplement catalog information with reviews and comments from LibraryThing users.

These and other innovations are all couched within the discussion/controvery over preserving privacy yet satisfying patron expectations for Internet 2.0 patrons.