I vestiti nuovi dell’imperatore

Abstract

The article describes the use of algorithms for relevance ranking in Italian OPACs. The results show that these algorithms are not able to order the bibliographic records in order to respond to the information needs of the user who made the search. The solutions adopted by Amazon and by the streaming music services (Apple Music and Spotify), which could also be used in the library catalogs, are therefore considered, since there would be no need to add data to those already present in the records.