| dc.description.abstract | If the public library catalogue is to continue to have relevance to its
users, it needs to move beyond its current inventory model, where all
content is designed and controlled by library staff and client interaction
with catalogue content is limited, to a social catalogue, where
users can contribute to, and interact with information and with each
other. The goal of this report is to present the results of an analysis
of four months worth of log analysis of two social discovery systems
used in two Canadian public libraries to examine: (a) how public
library users interact with social discovery systems; (b) how usage
compares between the two social discovery systems; and (c) whether
the use of the features in social discovery systems is consistent over
time. Results suggest that clients are making limited use of the social
features of the system that allow them to interact with the catalogue and with one another. | en_US |
