Overview of the CLEF 2015 Social Book Search Lab

Marijn Koolen, Toine Bogers, Maria Gäde, Mark Hall, Hugo Huurdeman, Jaap Kamps, Mette Skov, Elaine Toms, David Walsh

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    Abstract

    The Social Book Search (SBS) Lab investigates book search in scenarios where users search with more than just a query, and look for more than objective metadata. 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. The goal is to research and develop techniques to support users in complex book search tasks. The SBS Lab has two tracks. The aim of the Suggestion Track is to develop test collections for evaluating ranking effectiveness of book retrieval and recommender systems. The aim of the Interactive Track is to develop user interfaces that support users through each stage during complex search tasks and to investigate how users exploit professional metadata and user-generated content.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationExperimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction
    EditorsJosiane Mothe, Jacques Savoy, Jaap Kamps, Karen Pinel-Sauvagnat, Gareth J.F. Jones, Eric SanJuan, Linda Cappellato, Nicola Ferro
    Number of pages20
    Place of PublicationGermany
    PublisherSpringer
    Publication date8 Sept 2015
    Pages545-564
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-24026-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Sept 2015
    SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
    ISSN0302-9743

    Keywords

    • information retrieval
    • search engines
    • evaluation

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