Library usage mining in the context of alternative costs The case of the Municipal Library of Prague

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25410%2F17%3A39911912" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25410/17:39911912 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LHT-01-2017-0019" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LHT-01-2017-0019</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LHT-01-2017-0019" target="_blank" >10.1108/LHT-01-2017-0019</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Library usage mining in the context of alternative costs The case of the Municipal Library of Prague

Original language description

The behaviour of a library user is based on his ability to evaluate the consumption of library services based on alternative market services. The purpose of this paper is to study the usage behaviour in a public library building in the context of alternative costs instead of a narrow focus on book circulation data. Design/methodology/approach - By library usage mining, using associative rules, the authors described the behaviour of library users and identified the typical behaviour during the visits. The authors analyse the results in the context of alternative costs assigned to the visits. Findings - The results confirm that some underused services, such as digital services, deliver significantly greater benefit. The frequency of use, the duration of visit and the number of items used are associated with higher alternative costs. There were no significant differences in alternative cost within economic groups (excluding pensioners). This paper identified 41 frequent patterns with different alternative costs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

LIBRARY HI TECH

ISSN

0737-8831

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

558-576

UT code for WoS article

000427973800009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85044317989