Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences


Vol. 44 No. 1 , Pages 35 - 60 , 2006

Bibliomining User Behaviors in the Library (Article written in Chinese)

Jiann-Cherng SHIEH & Yung-Shun LIN

Abstract

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.

Keywords: bibliomining; data mining; user behavior

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