Looking for Books in Social Media:  An Analysis of Complex Search Requests

Marijn Koolen; Toine Bogers; Kamps Jaap; Antal Van den Bosch

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_19

Looking for Books in Social Media: An Analysis of Complex Search Requests

Marijn Koolen, Toine Bogers, Kamps Jaap, Antal Van den Bosch

Department of Communication and Psychology

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Abstract

Real-world information needs are generally complex, yet almost all research focuses instead on either relatively simple search based on queries or recommendation based on profiles. It is difficult to gain insight into complex information needs from observational studies with existing systems; potentially complex needs are obscured by the systems’ limitations. In this paper we study explicit information requests in social media, focusing on the rich area of social book search. We analyse a large set of annotated book requests from the LibraryThing discussion forums. We investigate 1) the comprehensiveness of book requests on the forums, 2) what relevance aspects are expressed in real-world book search requests, and 3) how different types of search topics are related to types of users, human recommendations, and results returned by retrieval and recommender systems. We find that book search requests combine search and recommendation aspects in intricate ways that require more than only traditional search or (hybrid) recommendation approaches.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Information Retrieval : 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings
Editors	Allan Hanbury, Gabriella Kazai, Andreas Rauber, Norbert Fuhr
Number of pages	12
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	29 Mar 2015
Pages	184-196
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-16353-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-16354-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_19
Publication status	Published - 29 Mar 2015
Event	37th European Conference on Information Retrieval - Vienna, Austria Duration: 29 Mar 2015 → 2 Apr 2015 http://ecir2015.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/wp/

Conference

Conference	37th European Conference on Information Retrieval
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	29/03/2015 → 02/04/2015
Internet address	http://ecir2015.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/wp/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	9022
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

book search
information retrieval
recommendation
evaluation
social media

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Koolen, M., Bogers, T., Jaap, K., & Van den Bosch, A. (2015). Looking for Books in Social Media: An Analysis of Complex Search Requests. In A. Hanbury, G. Kazai, A. Rauber, & N. Fuhr (Eds.), Advances in Information Retrieval: 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings (pp. 184-196). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_19

Koolen, Marijn ; Bogers, Toine ; Jaap, Kamps et al. / Looking for Books in Social Media : An Analysis of Complex Search Requests. Advances in Information Retrieval: 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings. editor / Allan Hanbury ; Gabriella Kazai ; Andreas Rauber ; Norbert Fuhr. Springer, 2015. pp. 184-196 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9022).

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Koolen, M, Bogers, T, Jaap, K & Van den Bosch, A 2015, Looking for Books in Social Media: An Analysis of Complex Search Requests. in A Hanbury, G Kazai, A Rauber & N Fuhr (eds), Advances in Information Retrieval: 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9022, pp. 184-196, 37th European Conference on Information Retrieval, Vienna, Austria, 29/03/2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_19

Looking for Books in Social Media: An Analysis of Complex Search Requests. / Koolen, Marijn; Bogers, Toine; Jaap, Kamps et al.
Advances in Information Retrieval: 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings. ed. / Allan Hanbury; Gabriella Kazai; Andreas Rauber; Norbert Fuhr. Springer, 2015. p. 184-196 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9022).

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Koolen M, Bogers T, Jaap K, Van den Bosch A. Looking for Books in Social Media: An Analysis of Complex Search Requests. In Hanbury A, Kazai G, Rauber A, Fuhr N, editors, Advances in Information Retrieval: 37th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2015, Vienna, Austria, March 29 - April 2, 2015. Proceedings. Springer. 2015. p. 184-196. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9022). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_19