The Electronic Library: Volume 39 Issue 1

Analysing reader behaviours in self-service library stations using a bibliomining approach

Yun-Fang Tu, Shao-Chen Chang, Gwo-Jen Hwang

The present study aims, by adopting bibliomining, to analyse the borrowing and collection records in self-service libraries at mass rapid transit stations in northern Taiwan to…

Profiling young internet addicts: implications for their social well-being

Neena Sondhi, Himanshu Joshi

This study aims to segment and profile young internet addicts in India and examine their state of well-being.

An indexing system for the relevance of academic production and research from digital repositories and metadata

Jared David Tadeo Guerrero-Sosa, Víctor Hugo Menéndez-Domínguez, María Enriqueta Castellanos-Bolaños

This paper aims to propose a set of quantitative statistical indicators for measuring the scientific relevance of research groups and researchers, based on high-impact open-access…

Predicting the future increment of review helpfulness: an empirical study based on a two-wave data set

Xue Pan, Lei Hou, Kecheng Liu

Identifying and predicting the most helpful reviews has been a focal interest in the fields including information management, e-commerce and marketing, etc. Though many factors…

Building a training dataset for classification under a cost limitation

Yen-Liang Chen, Li-Chen Cheng, Yi-Jun Zhang

A necessary preprocessing of document classification is to label some documents so that a classifier can be built based on which the remaining documents can be classified. Because…

Use analysis of the digital library of PhD dissertations defended at the University of Novi Sad

Ljubomir Paskali, Lidija Ivanovic, Dragan Ivanović

The purpose of this paper is to determine the digital library usage patterns as a means of improving the system, as well as the user experience, to give appropriate recognition to…

A novel approach to the creation of a labelling lexicon for improving emotion analysis in text

Alejandra Segura Navarrete, Claudia Martinez-Araneda, Christian Vidal-Castro, Clemente Rubio-Manzano

This paper aims to describe the process used to create an emotion lexicon enriched with the emotional intensity of words and focuses on improving the emotion analysis process in…

What books will be your bestseller? A machine learning approach with Amazon Kindle

Seungpeel Lee, Honggeun Ji, Jina Kim, Eunil Park

With the rapid increase in internet use, most people tend to purchase books through online stores. Several such stores also provide book recommendations for buyer convenience, and…

Entity influence and interactive relationship: the use of social media by publishing-related entities

Yanni Yang, Yue Zhang, An-Ling Xiang

The purpose of this paper is to explore factors influencing social media usage effectiveness of publishing-related entities and discuss the differences between publishing-related…

Facilitating learning by the visually impaired: development and usability evaluation of a specially designed ubiquitous library

Yun-Fang Tu, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Chiu-Lin Lai

This study aims to develop a ubiquitous library for the visually impaired (ULVI) application (app) and to explore its usability by collecting feedback from visually impaired…

University students’ attitudes towards ubiquitous library-supported learning: an empirical investigation in the context of the Line@Library

Yun-Fang Tu, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Joyce Chao-Chen Chen, Chiulin Lai

This study aims to investigate the influences of task-technology fit on university students’ attitudes towards ubiquitous library-supported learning when they use a mobile library…

Information-seeking behavior of female doctor shoppers: results from an interview study

Shih-Chuan Chen

This study aims to explore the information-seeking behavior of female patients engaged in doctor shopping. An investigation was conducted on the following aspects: the reasons for…