[LIBRARYDIR] To bX or not to bX

[Hersh-tudor, Andrew]

Turned it off mid-way and then dropped it.

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Fuhrman, Tim
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 12:46 PM
To: an open discussion list for WA CTC Library Directors
Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] To bX or not to bX

So are most folks keeping bX or dropping it?


From: Anderson, John W.
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:54 PM
To: Fuhrman, Tim <timf at bigbend.edu<mailto:timf at bigbend.edu>>
Subject: bx


The bX(tm) Recommender is a service that helps the users to discover relevant literature that they would not have found otherwise. Based on the usage of millions of researchers<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/?catid=%7b6065F62A-E435-4936-AFF7-C5A172EA1F48%7d> around the globe and starting from the article the user is looking at it checks what other articles were used together with it and displays a list of relevant articles.

The articles may be from different journals, publishers and platforms and may even carry different keywords. bX recommendations are a  valuable extension to the user's own research: the user finds an article, bX finds more for them.

Web-savvy users are already well accustomed to usage-based recommendations.  Found on commercial websites such as Amazon.com, these  recommendations have become highly popular with users. Focused solely on the scholarly domain, bX recommendations are based on actual usage data.  It is the first service to provide highly granular recommendations that point to specific scholarly articles.

The bX service is brought to you by the same team that created SFX and the OpenURL standard, a collaboration of Ex Libris and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) renowned researchers Johan Bollen and Herbert Van de Sompel.

Empower Your Library Users with Web 2.0 Recommendations

By offering the bX Recommender, your library steps up to serve your patrons with a valuable tool that meets user expectations for up-to-date, Web 2.0-type services, providing recommendations that are:

[*]       Relevant: based on the analysis of millions of transactions related to the context of the user's work
[*]       Up-to-Date: include current scholarly material down to the article level
[*]       Easily Accessible: tightly integrated into scholarly search results




John W. Anderson
Library Systems Specialist

William C. Bonaudi Library
Big Bend Community College
7662 Chanute St., N.E.
Moses Lake, WA 98837
509-793-2357
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