"Readers who borrowed this also borrowed...": Recommender systems in UK libraries

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-150

  Wakeling, Simon ^a   Clough, Paul ^a   Sen, Barbara ^a   Connaway, Lynn Silipigni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OCLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lending services; Library users; Next generation; OPAC; Public libraries; Recommendations; Recommender systems; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857756317     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831211213265     Document Type: Review

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