We describe a minimalist methodology to develop usage-based recommender systems for multimedia digital libraries. A prototype recommender system based on this strategy was implemented for the Open Video Project, a digital library of videos that are freely available for download. Sequential patterns of video retrievals are extracted from the project’s web download logs and analyzed to generate a...

Statistical testing of software based on a usage model is a cost-effective and efficient means to make inferences about software quality. In order to apply this method, a usage model is developed and analyzed to validate its fitness for use in testing. The model may then be used to generate test cases representing expected usage, and to reason about system reliability given the performance on t...

Alain R. Lamothe is E-Resource Librarian in the J.N. Desmarais Library at Laurentian University; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2013 Alain R. Lamothe. This paper presents the results of a quantitative and systematic investigation exploring online e-book usage at the J.N. Desmarais Library of Laurentian University over a 9-year period. The size of an e-book collection was determined to show e...

Gaming behaviors have been significantly influenced by smartphones. This study was designed to explore gaming behaviors and clinical characteristics across different gaming device usage patterns and the role of the patterns on Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Responders of an online survey regarding smartphone and online game usage were classified by different gaming device usage patterns: (1) i...

Increasingly, educational digital libraries and associated services that support both formal and informal learning are available on the Web. As these collections are web-based, they can be engineered to capture fine-grained web usage data. However, because of their voluminous and detailed nature, rigorous analytical and interpretation strategies remain challenging. In response, webmetrics refer...

This paper aims to inform design strategies for smart space technology to enhance libraries as environments for co-working and informal social learning. The focus is on understanding user motivations, behaviour, and activities in the library when there is no programmed agenda. The study analyses gathered data over five months of ethnographic research at ‘The Edge’ – a ‘bookless’ library space a...