What is BibTip?

 BibTip flyer (german)
 BibTip flyer (english)

The service is the result of the project "Recommender Systems for Meta Library Catalogs" conducted by the Institute for Information Economy and Management at Karlsruhe University (TH) and Karlsruhe University Library and funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation).

The recommender system BibTip generates recommendations for a given title by statistic analyses of OPAC user behavior. Recommendations are presented in form of a link list guiding the user to similar titles. BibTip offers added value to users, complements the traditional subject indexing and provides a useful tool that will keep library catalogs attractive in the future.

The recommendations are catalog-specific and therefore tailored to the users of the respective library. You can integrate BibTip very easily in any OPAC. No additional software or hardware is required. All BibTip services including data analysis and creation of recommendations are provided by Karlsruhe University Library.