Metadata categorization for identifying search patterns in a digital library

• Published in: Journal of documentation Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 270 - 286
• Main Authors: Bogaard, Tessel, Hollink, Laura, Wielemaker, Jan, van Ossenbruggen, Jacco, Hardman, Lynda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 06.03.2019; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Archives & records; Classification; Collection; Computer science; Cultural heritage; Digital libraries; Digital systems; Electronic Libraries; Interfaces; Investigations; Library collections; Metadata; National libraries; Online Searching; Queries; Search algorithms; Search engines; User behavior; World War II; Suriname; Indonesia; Case studies; Behaviour; Searching; Newspapers; Library users; Archives; Digital libraries

Purpose For digital libraries, it is useful to understand how users search in a collection. Investigating search patterns can help them to improve the user interface, collection management and search algorithms. However, search patterns may vary widely in different parts of a collection. The purpose...