Open access article: Account-based recommenders in open discovery environments

Earlier this year, Jim Hahn & I published an article, “Account-based recommenders in open discovery environments” in Digital Library Perspectives – it is of course findable through the publisher’s site via https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-07-2017-0022, but it’s also openly available through both the Indiana U and U of Illinois open repository sites.

open access iconSince this is my blog, I’m going to point you to my copy of the article 😃 – available via IU Scholarworks Open.
https://iu.tind.io/record/65?ln=en

I shall try and tempt you with the big finish of our abstract:

… In the age of big data and machine learning, advances in deep learning technology and data stream processing make it possible to leverage discovery system data to inform the development of personalized recommendations.

I’ve been acquainted with Jim since my I-Share days, and he’s been a marvelous colleague and a great collaborator, in addition to being super smart. If our article is of interest, do definitely take the time to read about the cool stuff he and his team have done with Minrva.

I also want to give a shout out to the amazing work of my former colleagues in the IUB Libraries’ Scholarly Communication department. Since IU Bloomington’s Faculty Council passed an Open Access Policy in February 2017, they’ve been hard at work to launch a number of new services to support open scholarship & research on the Bloomington campus, including IU Scholarworks Open, a repository that will enable discovery of and access to faculty research output that falls within the scope of the OA policy. Read more at their site: https://openscholarship.indiana.edu/

Furthermore, I want to acknowledge the assistance and advice of Naz Pantaloni, Copyright Program Librarian. He generously gave of his time and expertise to help me as I worked with the publisher to negotiate rights. As a direct result of his support, we were able to retain full rights to our article – which is why I am able to openly share it today and in perpetuity. Thanks, Naz!

Goodbye, Hello

I’m back! And only 515 days after my last entry. [As my former colleague Anne Haines and I frequently used to say to each other: “Content strategist, heal thyself.”😂]

Plenty has transpired since my last post in March 2017, but I’ll skip to the biggest news. This spring, my husband Robert McDonald was named the Dean of Libraries at the University of Colorado Boulder – exciting and happy news to be sure, but news that required us to pack our things and say our goodbyes to our wonderful colleagues at the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

This new chapter follows on, as all new chapters do, with the closing of the previous one. I can’t say enough about the eight years I spent at the IUB Libraries, so I’ll just be brief and say: Thanks for everything! We had a great run. I’m proud of what we accomplished together. I may even circle back and write about some of our projects, like our migration to Drupal 8 (which occurred my penultimate day in the office! Way to go out with a bang! 🔥).

Earlier this month, I joined the library faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries as the Learner Experience & Engagement Librarian. In my new role, I’ll continue my focus on user experience & user research, which will inform (among other things) the development of programming for our Norlin Commons. As ever, I’m glad to be working in the service of enhancing student learning and engagement as part of a learner-centered library community.

Many thanks to my new colleagues at CU Boulder [1] for being so warm and welcoming. I look forward to the adventures we’ll have together.

[1] Yes, it really is CU, even though it’s the University of Colorado. But if you mess up, you’re in distinguished company.
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