Colleen Whitney
Programmer/Researcher
California Digital Library
Peter Brantley
Director of Technology
California Digital Library
Since June of 2005, the Melvyl Recommender project has been exploring methods and feasibility of closing the gap between features that users want and have come to expect (recommendations, spelling correction, usefully ranked results) and what libraries are currently equipped to deliver. The research team has developed a prototype incorporating several of the most promising methods, with the overarching goal of informing development of next-generation online public access services. In this project briefing we will demonstrate key features of the prototype, highlight methods and early results, and pose open questions for future exploration.
Web Site:
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/melvyl_recommender/
Handout (PDF)