Abstract
The goal of the INEX 2014 Social Book Search Track is to evaluate approaches for supporting users in searching collections of books based on book metadata and associated user-generated content. The track investigates the complex nature of relevance in book search and the role of traditional and user-generated book metadata in retrieval. We extended last year’s investigation into the nature of book suggestions from the LibraryThing forums and how they compare to book relevance judgements. Participants were encouraged to incorporate rich user profiles of both topic creators and other LibraryThing users to explore the relative value of recommendation and retrieval paradigms for book search. We found further support that such suggestions are a valuable alternative to traditional test collections that are based on top-k pooling and editorial relevance judgements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the CLEF2014 Working Notes |
| Editors | Linda Cappellato, Nicola Ferro, Martin Halvey, Wessel Kraaij |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Volume | 1180 |
| Publisher | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
| Publication date | Sept 2014 |
| Pages | 462-479 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2014 |
| Event | Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum - Sheffield, United Kingdom Duration: 15 Sept 2014 → 18 Sept 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Sheffield |
| Period | 15/09/2014 → 18/09/2014 |
Keywords
- social book search
- social media
- LibraryThing
- book search
- recommendation
- information retrieval
- controlled metadata