Discovery Without Surveillance
Patron discovery should not require patron profiling.
BookAmor is designed for libraries that want useful discovery without turning patron curiosity into a tracking system.
Patrons can explore books, eBooks, audiobooks, movies, TV, music, magazines, newspapers, and video games without creating personal accounts, saving reading histories, or building recommendation profiles.
Libraries can still receive meaningful, anonymous usage statistics, while keeping the advisory experience aligned with public library values.
Curiosity Should Be Private
Patrons come to libraries with private questions, changing interests, unfinished thoughts, and personal reading lives.
A discovery tool should help them explore without requiring them to create an account, disclose an identity, or build a permanent profile of what they have searched, read, watched, listened to, or played.
BookAmor was built around that principle.
No Patron Profiles Required
BookAmor does not require patrons to create personal accounts in order to discover recommendations.
✔ No required logins
Patrons can begin exploring without usernames, passwords, or personal recommendation accounts.
✔ No saved histories
BookAmor does not depend on saved patron reading, watching, listening, or playing histories.
✔ No patron profiles
Discovery is based on the current request, not a long-term behavioral profile of the patron.
Useful Data Without Patron Tracking
Libraries still need to understand whether a service is being used. BookAmor supports that through anonymous, aggregate usage statistics.
Usage reporting can include:
- Sessions over time
- Recommendation requests
- Find in Library clicks
- Format breakdowns
These statistics are designed to help libraries evaluate engagement without collecting patron identifiers or building individual patron histories.
Aligned with Public Library Values
Public libraries support open inquiry. Patrons should be able to explore ideas, interests, stories, identities, genres, and formats without feeling watched.
BookAmor’s privacy-first design is not an extra feature added at the end. It is part of how the service is meant to work.
🧭 Explore freely
Patrons can move from one title, format, audience, or interest to another without creating a personal trail inside BookAmor.
📚 Stay library-centered
BookAmor provides advisory pathways, then sends patrons back to the library catalog when they are ready to look for an item.
Simple Access Options
BookAmor can support access models that fit the library’s needs without forcing patrons into a social-style account system.
Depending on library configuration, access can be:
- Open access
- IP-based access
- Card-based access
- Combined IP and card-based access
The goal is to make discovery easy while respecting the library’s preferred access model.
Connected to the Catalog, Not a Replacement for It
BookAmor is a discovery and advisory layer. It is not a replacement for the library catalog and does not determine item availability.
When patrons are ready to take the next step, Find in Library links send them back to your catalog.
Your catalog remains the source of truth for holdings, availability, borrowing, requesting, and patron account activity.
What This Means for Patrons
They can browse without signing in
Patrons can explore recommendations without first creating a personal BookAmor account.
They can ask imperfect questions
Patrons can start with a title, interest, audience, or format without worrying that each request becomes part of a lasting profile.
They can move across formats
Patrons can discover books, audiobooks, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, and video games in one library-branded experience.
They return to the library
BookAmor keeps the next step connected to your catalog, your collection, and your library.
Want discovery that respects patron trust?
We can usually set up a working BookAmor demo connected to your catalog, so your staff can test discovery, catalog links, and anonymous usage reporting in your own environment.
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