doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2018.8.3.1038
A Comparative Study of User’s Information Seeking Behavior in e-Book Recommendation System
Yi-Shin Lin
,
Ko-Chiu Wu ,
Saiau-Yue Tsau
Abstract
E-book reading has become increasingly popular, the library began to provide joyful and interactive multimedia e-book recommendation system. The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of information seeking behavior of different users. Based on the back-end database of New Taipei City Library's e-book wall, we collected 655 users' borrowing materials and analyzed the knowledge keywords by text mining method to make a comparative study. With the expansion of library services, the purpose of the library is no longer limited to the academic orientation, and we also observed the emergence of entertainment and leisure-oriented readers. Understanding users’ information seeking characteristics in e-book recommendation system will be conducive to the development of intelligent library and provide a reference for the system design.
Keywords
- Information seeking
- knowledge map
- text mining
- information visualization
How to Cite
Yi-Shin Lin, Ko-Chiu Wu, and Saiau-Yue Tsau, "A Comparative Study of User’s Information Seeking Behavior in e-Book Recommendation System," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 227-230, 2018. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2018.8.3.1038
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