Mr. DLib: recommendations-as-a-service (RaaS) for academia

J Beel, A Aizawa, C Breitinger…�- 2017 ACM/IEEE Joint�…, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2017 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), 2017ieeexplore.ieee.org
Only few digital libraries and reference managers offer recommender systems, although
such systems could assist users facing information overload. In this paper, we introduce Mr.
DLib's recommendations-as-a-service, which allows third parties to easily integrate a
recommender system into their products. We explain the recommender approaches
implemented in Mr. DLib (content-based filtering among others), and present details on 57
million recommendations, which Mr. DLib delivered to its partner GESIS Sowiport. Finally�…
Only few digital libraries and reference managers offer recommender systems, although such systems could assist users facing information overload. In this paper, we introduce Mr. DLib's recommendations-as-a-service, which allows third parties to easily integrate a recommender system into their products. We explain the recommender approaches implemented in Mr. DLib (content-based filtering among others), and present details on 57 million recommendations, which Mr. DLib delivered to its partner GESIS Sowiport. Finally, we outline our plans for future development, including integration into JabRef, establishing a living lab, and providing personalized recommendations.
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