How It Works

The ChiliFresh Review Engine consists of a database of reviews that reside on a remote server. When your library subscribes to ChiliFresh, your online catalog becomes a place where your patrons can interact with your library like never before.  It is no secret that all the major online book sellers allow their customers to read and write reviews for the books they find there.  At ChiliFresh, we believe that your web site should be the same interactive forum.

Here’s an interesting question:  Have you ever found yourself browsing your own library’s catalog for something interesting to read, and at the same time had another web site’s reviews open in another window so you can see what other people thought about the read?  We already know the answer to that question. That is why we felt that every library should have its own Review Engine.

The ChiliFresh Review Engine is easy to implement, extremely cost-effective and completely transparent to your patrons. And, because you can choose to display reviews written by patrons from libraries from throughout the world, your online catalog can be a place where your patrons can interact with your library as well as other patrons from around the world.

cross plat-form -adjective

A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system.

Your first question may be whether or not the ChiliFresh Review Engine will work in your specific catalog. The simple answer is “Yes”.  We have developed ChiliFresh at such a basic level so it can integrate into virtually any ILS system. We have created implementations for most of the major ILSs and we are committed to making this available for every library’s catalog.

If we have not created an implementation for your particular ILS, we’d love to hear from you and would love to create the implementation for your online catalog. Drop us a note!

col-lab-o-ra-tive -adjective

Characterized or accomplished by collaboration: collaborative methods; collaborative report. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

The real genius of the ChiliFresh Review Engine is its collaborative nature. As a subscriber to ChiliFresh, you don’t need to rely exclusively on the reviews written by your patrons, but you can decide to display (or not) the reviews written by a myriad libraries.

The fact is, not every patron will write a review for every book they read.  If they did, your local reviews would swell in numbers very quickly. But reality is, while almost everyone enjoys the benefit of reading reviews to make a decision for their their next read, not all will “tell the world” how they liked the book.

Flexibility is also a hallmark of ChiliFresh.  You can decide to display reviews from libraries just from your library or you may want to include reviews from patrons ONLY from your state or region,... or like most libraries, you will see the benefit of displaying reviews from patrons from a global community.

in-te-gra-ted -adjective

Combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole.

Organized or structured so that the constituent units function cooperatively.

The flexibility of ChiliFresh allows you to make your online reviews look EXACTLY like your existing catalog.  You can match font types, sizes, colors and weights as well as set any background colors and images.  In short, when you subscribe, ChiliFresh “disappears” and becomes an invisible partner that provides a tremendous value that your patrons are already getting on other commercial web sites.

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