Personalized information clients: short answers to simple questions about “my library” services

Abstract

Recent advancements in technology have inspired libraries to develop creatively customized services, or personalized information clients, allowing users to organize and manage Web sites for their personal interests and needs. One example of this customer orientation is the "my library" service, described in this series of questions and answers.

Peran Gawai Mobile Dalam Mendukung Layanan Informasi Perpustakaan Digital Yang Terpersonalisasi

“…Konseptualisasi mengenai layanan informasi terpersonalisasi (personalized information service) mengacu pada sebuah layanan informasi untuk memenuhi preferensi, kebiasaan, dan karakteristik dari penggunanya (Zhang & Wang, 2014). Layanan tersebut secara umum dapat diakses melalui jaringan internet (Ghaphery, Kesselman, & Watstein, 2001). Melalui layanan tersebut suatu institusi harus mampu memberikan pelayanan yang berbeda terhadap setiap pelanggannya, merekomendasikan informasi serta mempertemukan pengguna dengan kebutuhan informasinya (Zhang & Wang, 2014).…”

“…Salah satu urgensi untuk menerapkan layanan informasi terpersonalisasi adalah kompleksnya informasi yang diberikan oleh perpustakaan, baik perpustakaan digital maupun tradisional, sehingga menimbulkan kebingungan tersendiri pada penggunanya dalam memilih dan menyeleksi informasi sesuai kebutuhannya (Li, Lizhen, & Yue, 2007). Layanan informasi terpersonalisasi adalah efisiensi dalam mencari, mengorganisir, mengatur, dan mendapatkan tak hanya informasi namun layanan dalam satu titik akses (Ghaphery, Kesselman, & Watstein, 2001).…”

PORE: a personal ontology recommender system for digital libraries

“…The "My Library" service at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) (Ghaphery et al, 2001;Ghaphery, 2002) is one of the most well-known systems of the early personalized library system. The service has been available since 1998, and can provide each user a personalized web page where there are links to the user's favorite databases and services.…”

“…The rapid growth of information on digital libraries and the ubiquity of the WWW have led to the concept of personalized library services (Hafner et al , 2000; Kikuchi et al , 1996). The “My Library” service at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) (Ghaphery et al , 2001; Ghaphery, 2002) is one of the most well‐known systems of the early personalized library system. The service has been available since 1998, and can provide each user a personalized web page where there are links to the user's favorite databases and services.…”

“…This will result in inaccurate recommendations. Some systems (Morgan, 1999; Ghaphery et al , 2001) allow users to select their subjects of interest in profiles. However, there is still the second problem, the interests of users vary over time.…”