The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and several Dutch universities have been working on an exciting collection project which uses ratings and user profiles to recommend art to users. Whilst I was a little sceptical of their ‘ratings’ (1 to 5 stars) as a means of describing art, the recommendation tools and prototype interface were fascinating. Also exciting was the means by which they exposed the ‘recommendations’ - ‘You are recommended these because . . . ” is very reminiscent of Amazon’s additions of the last few years.
Most of all, though, the most striking thing about the CHIP was the ability for the user to generate a printable/downloadable map customised to show them their favourite and recommended artworks. This high level of integration between the onsite recommendations and the gallery floor is something we are thinking a lot about at the Powerhouse Museum in our OPAC project - especially for use at our Castle Hill open storage facility.
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This sounds like it has potential. Is there a way to see a demo without having to log-in?
kinda primitive system but at least they are thinking towards something interesting. Can you point me towards any of the people behind this project? Would love to have a chat with them.