bx at claremont
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Presentation given at ALA Midwinter 2011TRANSCRIPT
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