22-03-2011, 04:29 PM
PRESENTED BY:
S.Elangovan,
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Abstract:
Libraries have a history of taking advantage of technological innovation. In the last few years these efforts have been used to push the boundaries of digital libraries and electronic publishing. Most recently professional librarians are exploring new tools for information management and analysis. The ARL E-Metrics project is exploring ways of standardizing and collecting Data on the use and value of electronic resources. Libraries are becoming partners in university repositories of full text document and other E-works.
Recently there have been a growing number of research articles in library literature in such journals as “Journal of American Society of Information Science, Library Treads and Information Technology in Libraries” on Data Mining, Text Mining, and Web Mining describing hoe libraries are using associated software for primarily administrative purpose. While these tools have shown a dramatic increase in use in businesses over the last Ten years, academia and libraries have only recently recognized the value of these tools as decision support systems in analyzing collection and Web usage. Text Mining, in particular, is growing in popularity as a research method at Universities.
The goal of this survey was to determine the extent to which Data Mining technology is being used by ARL member institution, researches, libraries, and administrative. The survey also hoped to elicit ideas and opinions concerning the potential role of libraries in supporting Data Mining and Data Warehousing in research institutions. The first seven survey question focus on Data Mining and Data Warehousing activities at the institutional level. The remaining questions explore the current library use of data mining technology and opportunities for future use. Since Data Warehousing is the foundation of Data Mining, several questions focused on current support and future plans for data warehousing.
The survey was sent to 124 ARL member libraries. Sixty-five (52%) responded the survey.
