A visual analysis of the usage efficiency of library books

• 作者: LIU Kan LIU Ping
• 来源期刊: 中国文献情报：英文版
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: VISUAL analysis INFORMATION VISUALIZATION DIGITAL
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（1）
• 页码范围: 65-73
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: G252

摘要

The monographic collections in academic libraries have undergone a period of tremendous growth in volume,in subject diversity,and in formats during the recent several decades.Readers may find it difficult to prioritize which book(s)should be borrowed for a specific purpose.The log data of book loan record may serve as a visible indicator for the more sought-after books by the readers.This paper describes our experimental efforts in exploring various visual techniques to analyze the borrowing patterns of the monographic works in a university library setting.The visual analysis is thought to provide an effective way to extract the book usage information,which may yield new insights into a host of other related technical as well as user behavior issues.Initial experiment has demonstrated that the proposed approach as articulated in this article can actually benefit end-users as well as library collection development personnel in their endeavor of book selections with effective measure.