Author:
Liao Shu‐Chuan,Kao Kuo‐Fong,Liao I‐En,Chen Hui‐Lin,Huang Shu‐O
Abstract
PurposeAs 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/approachIn 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.FindingsA 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/implicationsThe 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/valueThis paper represents a practical method of building a user's personal ontology and explains the functional use of ontology knowledge.
Subject
Library and Information Sciences,Computer Science Applications
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