Matthew,
I believe this is used in Civica Spydus and I think Geac do something like this as well.
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From: Mathew Stone [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 December 2012 15:15
Subject: Using circulation history data to inform library catalogue search results
Good afternoon everyone
When library users search for items via the library catalogue, would it not make for a superior experience if the retrieved results were informed by the vast amounts of circulation history data that library management systems collect? So for instance, results could be ranked according popularity rather than publication date. Circulation history data could also identify relationships between items that may not be apparent from catalogue records alone, so this too could inform the results retrieved.
I work in a small hospital library and I can't claim to be much of an expert when it comes to library management systems, so I was wondering if anybody on here knew if Talis, Heritage, etc. are developing their products with such issues in mind?
This issue was raised in a book I recently read (The Atlas of new librarianship by R. David Lankes - kindly lent to me by the Library & Knowledge Service @ Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust) which proceeds to make the wider argument that since the success of companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon has been founded on their ability to make use of the data supplied by their own customers, that libraries need to do the same.
Kind regards
Mathew Stone
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