This paper uses transaction log data to examine how library users interact with two social discovery systems used in two Canadian public library systems. Results indicate that user-generated content is not used extensively or significantly in the two social discovery systems. Format is the predominant facet used to refine searches; the remaining facets are significantly underrepresented.

Originally published in the Proceedings of the Canadian Association of Information Science found at http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2011/16_Spiteri_and_Taruli.pdf

• Social discovery tools
• Social media
• Cataloguing
• Metadata