ANTswers is an experimental chatbot that can answer questions about the UC Irvine Libraries. ANTswers is a web-based application, run on a remote library server and is accessed through a web interface page. ANTswers’ personality and persona is based on the UCI mascot, Peter the Anteater. ANTswers responds to simple and short questions. The first link in a response opens in a preview window, all other links open in a new window.
This collection includes approximately 130 .aiml files that are available for download and for the use in creating other library chatbots. To implement your own library chatbot you will need a server, chatbot software (we used Program-O), editing software (we used Notepad++) and at least minimal experience with HRML, CSS, Javascript and AIML. ANTswers is built for an academic library with 2 main libraries, a study center, special collections and archives, and a law and medical library. You will need to review and edit each of the files for your particular institution.
There are 125 publications in this collection, published between 2013 and 2016.
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