Evaluating books finding tools on social media: A case study of aNobii

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Highlights：

• A user study of the book finding tools on aNobii was conducted.

• A set of performance measures were tested on these exploratory tools.

• Browsing friends’ bookshelves was more conducive to novelty and serendipity.

• Users’ preference structure shown to impact on the performance of the tools.

摘要

•A user study of the book finding tools on aNobii was conducted.•A set of performance measures were tested on these exploratory tools.•Browsing friends’ bookshelves was more conducive to novelty and serendipity.•Users’ preference structure shown to impact on the performance of the tools.

论文关键词：Social navigation,System evaluation,Reading preference,aNobii,Social media

论文评审过程：Received 9 March 2013, Revised 11 July 2013, Accepted 24 July 2013, Available online 24 August 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2013.07.005