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http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2016.50.1.493

Evaluating and Comparing the Search & Discovery Features: Focusing on the Public Libraries OPACs and the Internet Bookstores  

Han, Seunghee (서울여자대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / v.50, no.1, 2016 , pp. 493-511 More about this Journal
Abstract
Discovery is an emerging concept to enhance the search capabilities of library resources with the Next Generation Library Catalog. This paper defined the Discovery feature based on the information search behavior, and then derived the elements that make up its function. After that, the 11 regional representatives libraries' OPACs and 3 Internet bookstores are evaluated and compared against Search & Discovery capabilities. As a result, the Internet bookstores were superior to the libraries' OPACs for all the elements that make up the Discovery functions. This study verified that the public libraries OPACs are still concentrating on known item search, and it is hard for the users to meet a serendipity which is gained through the Discovery functions.
Keywords
Public Libraries; Library Catalogs; Library OPACs; Internet Bookstores; Information Search Behavior; Search; Discovery; Serendipity;
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