Users’ search in OPAC: Findings of search statistics analysis at RAS SB State Public Scientific and Technological Library
https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2017-12-63-72
Abstract
OPAC user search behavior study was conducted at RAS SB State Public Scientific and Technological Library based on OPAC log files information in statistical database for 2016. The frequency of information retrieval languages, the keyword language in the first place, and the information retrieval language of subject headings in the second place, was assessed. User search behavior in OPAC using keywords is characterized. Different search request structures in this language are discussed. Individual search stories are analyzed. Typical search strategies, formulations, update methods are defined. The author concludes on the urgency of problems OPAC users face and suggests how to improve the situation.
About the Author
Galina Skaruk
State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Skaruk G. Users’ search in OPAC: Findings of search statistics analysis at RAS SB State Public Scientific and Technological Library. Scientific and Technical Libraries. 2017;(12):63-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2017-12-63-72
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