| Description | Comparison of the usage of a Digital Library with many different categories of collections, by examining log files for a period of twenty months. The study concludes that the access points that the users mostly refer to, depend heavily on the type of content of the collection, the detail of the existing metadata and the target user group. Most users tended to use simple query structures (e.g. only one search term) and very few and primitive operations to accomplish their request. Furthermore, as they get more experienced, they reduced the number of operations in their sessions. |
Title User behavior tendencies on data collections in a digital library
Creator Sfakakis, Michalis;Kapidakis, Sarantos
Subject user behaviour
Description Comparison of the usage of a Digital Library with many different categories of collections, by examining log files for a period of twenty months. The study concludes that the access points that the users mostly refer to, depend heavily on the type of content of the collection, the detail of the existing metadata and the target user group. Most users tended to use simple query structures (e.g. only one search term) and very few and primitive operations to accomplish their request. Furthermore, as they get more experienced, they reduced the number of operations in their sessions.
Publisher Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Date 2002
Type automatic logs;analysis
Format PDF
Identifier http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2458/24580550.htm
Source Perkins, John;CIMI Consortium
Contributor
Language English
Coverage digital libraries
Rights Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Audience researchers
Created 2002
Available y
Part of Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 5th European Conference, ECDL 2001, Darmstadt, Germany, September 4-9, 2001.
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