CLAREMONT COLLEGES LIBRARY

John McDonaldJanuary 8, 2011

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Item: recommend things based on the item itself

Personalized: recommend things based on the individual's past behavior

Social: recommend things based on the past behavior of similar users

Text: The Art, Science and Business of Recommendation Engines / Alex Iskold / 2007 Image: “Social Network” SaltLux

Recommendation Systems

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Why Claremont? Why bX?

-Small size = Agile & flexible to do stuff!-Low on bureaucracy = New initiatives swim freely and blossom-Relatively wealthy = Resources to try new things-Experimental style = Comfortable beta testing-Not afraid of failure = Rather try & fail than never try-Leverage technology = Shift focus from collections to services-Discovery is the grail = Undiscovered Content remains unused

Why Claremont? Why bX?

-Small size = Agile & flexible to do stuff!-Low on bureaucracy = New initiatives swim freely and blossom-Relatively wealthy = Resources to try new things-Experimental style = Comfortable beta testing-Not afraid of failure = Rather try & fail than never try-Leverage technology = Shift focus from collections to services-Discovery is the grail = Undiscovered Content remains unused

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

1. Copy the bx javascript file* to your test web server's script directory.

2. In the Serial Solutions Client Center, 360 Link Administration Console add the following line to the footer section: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://URL to your scripts directory/BX script filename.js”></script>

3. Wait overnight for changes to roll out.

1. Copy the bx javascript file* to your test web server's script directory.

2. In the Serial Solutions Client Center, 360 Link Administration Console add the following line to the footer section: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://URL to your scripts directory/BX script filename.js”></script>

3. Wait overnight for changes to roll out.

Sam KomeSystem Integrator

Sam says it’s easy!Sam says it’s easy!

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

Days Requests Matches %%Click

throughs %%

252 Total 94,033 45,842 49% 11,967 26%

mean 743 362 49% 95 26%

median 562.5 237 42% 42.5 18%

mode 233 62 26% n/a n/a

@Claremont: bX Results

Claremont Colleges Library

January 8, 2010

“I noticed the recommendations on the journal window.”

“Very cool, I hadn’t thought to have recommendations there, but I found things I needed!”

Cecilia ConradDean of Faculty &

Professor of Economics

Pomona College