Hoopla Launches New Interface

摘要

Library streaming media provider hoopla digital has launched LightSpeed, the 3.0 version of its user interface, which includes a faster sign-up process for new users, a recommendation engine, multitiered genre-based searching, and an algorithm designed to tailor suggestions for patrons based on usage history. The new recommendation engine aims to offer an experience comparable to commercial streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu, without compromising user privacy. Jeff Jankowski, founder and VP of hoopla parent company Midwest Tape, noted that hoopla was designed for libraries exclusively and that privacy concerns were addressed as a matter of course while developing the system. Search and viewing histories are stored by hoopla to facilitate better recommendations, but those histories are anonymized, he explained.