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An Analysis of Library User and Circulation Status based on Bigdata Logs - A Case Study of National Library of Korea, Sejong -

  • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
  • Abbr : JKLISS
  • 2018, 49(2), pp.357-388
  • DOI : 10.16981/kliss.49.2.201806.357
  • Publisher : Korean Library And Information Science Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : May 20, 2018
  • Accepted : June 21, 2018

KIM TAE YOUNG 1 BAEK JI YEON 2 Hyo-Jung Oh 1

1전북대학교
2전북대학교 문화융복합아카이빙연구소

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to analyze library user and circulation status based on the bigdata logs to identify characteristics by user group and propose methods for efficient management of library. The logs to be analyzed consist of user information, circulation information, service usage information registered at the National Library of Korea, Sejong. The user information logs contain 107,369 age data, 106,918 gender data, 106,838 residential data. The circulation information logs contain 536,083 circulation user data, 6,509,369 circulation count data, and the service usage information logs contain 82,813 data. For the analysis of characteristics by user group, the data were used for analyzing user status by age, gender, residence and circulation status by year, month, day. In addition, this study conducts FGI(Focus Group Interview) and linkage analysis with external data to identify factors for analysis results. Based on analysis results, improvement methods for helping library make effective decision-making were proposed. This study analyze empirically user and circulation status based on bigdata logs, and it has significance for being different form proceeding researches with less analysis data.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.