Challenges in Implementing a Recommender System for Historical Research in the Humanities
Abstract
This extended abstract describes the challenges in implementing recommender systems for digital archives in the humanities, focusing on Monasterium.net, a platform for historical legal documents. We discuss three key aspects: (i) the unique characteristics of so-called charters as items for recommendation, (ii) the complex multi-stakeholder environment, and (iii) the distinct information-seeking behavior of scholars in the humanities. By examining these factors, we aim to contribute to the development of more effective and tailored recommender systems for (digital) humanities research.
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@article{arxiv.2410.20909,
title = {Challenges in Implementing a Recommender System for Historical Research in the Humanities},
author = {Florian Atzenhofer-Baumgartner and Bernhard C. Geiger and Christoph Trattner and Georg Vogeler and Dominik Kowald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20909},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Presented at AltRecSys 2024: The First Workshop on Alternative, Unexpected, and Critical Ideas in Recommendation, October 18, 2024, co-located with the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems 2024 (RecSys 2024), Bari, Italy