dc.contributor.author | Μάλλιαρη, Αφροδίτη | el_GR |
dc.contributor.author | Κυριακή-Μάνεση, Δάφνη | el_GR |
dc.contributor.author | Kyriaki Manesi, Daphne | en |
dc.contributor.author | Malliari, Aphrodite | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-22T09:17:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0307-4803 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10797/13501 | en |
dc.description | Περιέχει τη περίληψη | el_GR |
dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to present real time user searches in a Greek academic library OPAC
(University of Macedonia Library) in relation to user profile.
Design/methodology/approach – Using as a test bed a Greek academic library and its OPAC’s
transaction logs along with a system implanted questionnaire, data were gathered, processed and
analyzed using multivariate statistical analysis techniques.
Findings – In making a synthesis of the analyzed data, a series of questions related to everyday
library work were answered, giving libraries a tool to apply the gained knowledge in order to make
decisions regarding their OPAC, their user education programs and their reference services.
Research limitations/implications – The present paper focuses on the analysis of those variables
that were considered to be the most representative for constructing a user profile.
Originality/value – This paper builds upon the techniques of data collection and presents a new tool
for analyzing them statistically. Data derived from libraries were processed and analyzed statistically
using the classical descriptive statistics. The suggested multivariate statistical method is designed to
become a tool for analyzing qualitative data and to be used in a variety of library applications. It is also
particularly helpful in analyzing cross-tabular data in the form of numerical frequencies and allows all
associations amongst pairs of variables to be analyzed as well as each association between a variable and itself. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
dc.source | New Library World. 2007, Vol. 108 Issue 3/4, p107-122. 16p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs. | en |
dc.source | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) | en |
dc.source.uri | http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=21&sid=73177e79-ea20-4bf7-9355-bd3d8f47cd21%40sessionmgr198&hid=128&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lxh&AN=25089539 | en |
dc.title | Users’ behaviour patterns in academic libraries’ OPACs: a multivariate statistical analysis | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Online catalogues | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | User studies | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Reference services | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Statistics | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Greece | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Academic libraries | en |
dc.subject.JITA | Χρήστες, πληροφοριακή παιδεία και ανάγνωση | el_GR |
dc.subject.JITA | Users, literacy and reading | en |
dc.identifier.JITA | CZ | en |