TY - JOUR
T1 - Bibliomining user behaviors in the library
AU - Shieh, Jiann Chern
AU - Lin, Yung Shun
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The information discovered through data analysis and data mining can be great helpful for decision makings in organizations. For servicing users' complacence, libraries should actively explore the user needs and then provide them with required information. It is the critical task for libraries in this age. Bibliomining, data mining applied to library operations, can really assist in gasping patrons' requirements. Based on circulation data, the previous works have provided many suggestions about library management. In this research, we try to comprehend more data, not only circulation data but also various patrons-related data, to bibliomining their behavior in libraries. The results can be used as crucial and clinical information to aid libraries in collection policy making, material recommendation, budget allocation and other library management related issues.
AB - The information discovered through data analysis and data mining can be great helpful for decision makings in organizations. For servicing users' complacence, libraries should actively explore the user needs and then provide them with required information. It is the critical task for libraries in this age. Bibliomining, data mining applied to library operations, can really assist in gasping patrons' requirements. Based on circulation data, the previous works have provided many suggestions about library management. In this research, we try to comprehend more data, not only circulation data but also various patrons-related data, to bibliomining their behavior in libraries. The results can be used as crucial and clinical information to aid libraries in collection policy making, material recommendation, budget allocation and other library management related issues.
KW - Bibliomining
KW - Data mining
KW - User behavior
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250822436
SN - 1013-090X
VL - 44
SP - 35
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Educational Media and Library Science
JF - Journal of Educational Media and Library Science
IS - 1
ER -