Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery

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Autores principales: Tosaka, Yuji, Weng, Cathy
Formato: Recurso educativo Open Access
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Publicado: 2011
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author Tosaka, Yuji
Weng, Cathy
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Weng, Cathy
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Weng, Cathy
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contents Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery Tosaka, Yuji Weng, Cathy Access to Information Metadata Bibliographic Databases Academic Libraries Library Materials Library Services Search Strategies Online Searching Use Studies User Satisfaction (Information) User Needs (Information) Data Analysis Intellectual Disciplines Online Catalogs Content-enriched metadata in bibliographic records is considered helpful to library users in identifying and selecting library materials for their needs. The paper presents a study, using circulation data from a medium-sized academic library, of the effect of content-enriched records on library materials usage. The study also examines OPAC search transactions of circulated items to learn how enriched metadata is used. The findings show that enhanced records were overall associated with higher circulation rates and that keyword search was the most frequently used search option directly associated with circulation. Contents data can play a key role in discovery. Libraries should continue to provide and exploit content-enriched metadata. The combination of optimal library system data mining capability, postsearching evaluation, and OPAC display are crucial to achieve content-enriched access.
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spellingShingle Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery
Tosaka, Yuji
Weng, Cathy
Access to Information
Metadata
Bibliographic Databases
Academic Libraries
Library Materials
Library Services
Search Strategies
Online Searching
Use Studies
User Satisfaction (Information)
User Needs (Information)
Data Analysis
Intellectual Disciplines
Online Catalogs
Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery Tosaka, Yuji Weng, Cathy Access to Information Metadata Bibliographic Databases Academic Libraries Library Materials Library Services Search Strategies Online Searching Use Studies User Satisfaction (Information) User Needs (Information) Data Analysis Intellectual Disciplines Online Catalogs Content-enriched metadata in bibliographic records is considered helpful to library users in identifying and selecting library materials for their needs. The paper presents a study, using circulation data from a medium-sized academic library, of the effect of content-enriched records on library materials usage. The study also examines OPAC search transactions of circulated items to learn how enriched metadata is used. The findings show that enhanced records were overall associated with higher circulation rates and that keyword search was the most frequently used search option directly associated with circulation. Contents data can play a key role in discovery. Libraries should continue to provide and exploit content-enriched metadata. The combination of optimal library system data mining capability, postsearching evaluation, and OPAC display are crucial to achieve content-enriched access.
title Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery
topic Access to Information
Metadata
Bibliographic Databases
Academic Libraries
Library Materials
Library Services
Search Strategies
Online Searching
Use Studies
User Satisfaction (Information)
User Needs (Information)
Data Analysis
Intellectual Disciplines
Online Catalogs
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1064854