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Publication date: 5 June 2009

Shu‐Chuan Liao, Kuo‐Fong Kao, I‐En Liao, Hui‐Lin Chen and Shu‐O Huang

As library collections increase rapidly, personalized recommender systems have become a very important service for library patrons. The purpose of this paper is to design and…

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Abstract

Purpose

As library collections increase rapidly, personalized recommender systems have become a very important service for library patrons. The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a personal ontology recommender (PORE) system by building personal ontologies based on patrons' borrowing records.

Design/methodology/approach

In the PORE system, the traditional cataloging scheme, classification for Chinese libraries, is used as the reference ontology. This reference ontology is transformed to a unique personal ontology for each user based on the mining results from library borrowing records of that user.

Findings

A personal ontology represents a unique user interest on specific subjects. The personal ontology can be used to filter out unsuitable recommendations based only on a keyword matching method. Besides, the recommended books can be organized into the personal ontology, and provide the patron with a user‐friendly interface to access library collections.

Research limitations/implications

The PORE system is currently implemented for Chinese collections. From this paper builds a new version to support English collections by adopting the Library of Congress Classification as the reference ontology.

Originality/value

This paper represents a practical method of building a user's personal ontology and explains the functional use of ontology knowledge.

Details

The Electronic Library, vol. 27 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-0473

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