Chapter 2. Indoor Positioning Services and Location-Based Recommendations
Abstract
Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 53, no. 1) “Internet of Things: Mobile technology and location services in libraries”
This chapter reports findings of a research project which integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons into an Undergraduate Library’s book stacks. With BLE technology researchers were able to implement a location-based recommender that relies on subject classifications in call numbers from which to provide recommendations based on location.
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