Conal Tuohy said - in whole or part - on 07/08/2007 10:54:
> What about borrowing records though? i.e. clients who borrowed this also borrowed that? There's considerable value in that kind of metadata as Amazon has shown (though it's not a replacement for formal bib data of course). It needs considerable statistical crunching to turn it into something useful, but I believe it could be a useful addition to our arsenal.
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> There are some privacy issues around using this data, but those issues can be addressed in various ways. So far, I haven't seen anyone using this kind of usage data in a library application. Can anyone enlighten me?
Univ of Huddersfield has been providing this (and other stuff) for a
while now
http://webcat.hud.ac.uk
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