About Kingbot
Kingbot is an artificial intelligence after-hours chatbot created for SJSU's King Library.
During business hours, students are able to contact librarians through live chat services. But once reference hours are over, how can SJSU students get their questions answered? That's where Kingbot steps in.
Kingbot expands King Library's reference services, being available to answer directional and technical questions, as well as provide general reference information. Need to know how to borrow a laptop? Looking for pointers on finding research? Kingbot can have a response in seconds.
Want to give Kingbot a try? Click the chat icon in the bottom right corner of the page to get started!
How Does Kingbot Work
Kingbot was created using Dialogflow and Kommunicate.
Dialogflow is a natural language program developed by Google. It allows you to design a chatbot while requiring no prior coding skills. We use Dialogflow as the conversational AI behind Kingbot!
Kommunicate is the third-party program we use to display Kingbot on the SpringShare chat widget on the library website. Any user interface element that you encounter when talking to Kingbot is thanks to Kommunicate!
Learn More
Interested in learning more? Check out these additional resources on Kingbot!
- Rodriguez, S. and Mune, C. (2022), Uncoding library chatbots: deploying a new virtual reference tool at the San Jose State University library, Reference Services Review, Vol. 50 No. 3/4, pp. 392-405. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-05-2022-0020
- Rodriguez, & Mune, C. (2021). Library Chatbots: Easier Than You Think. Computers in Libraries, 41(8), 29–32.
- Library Chatbots LibGuide
Have questions about Kingbot? Email Sharesly Rodriguez, sharesly.rodriguez@sjsu.edu
Try Our Newest Version, KingbotGPT (Beta)
Click the chat icon in the bottom right corner of the page to get started or visit https://libapps.sjsu.edu/kingbot/
