Book Borrowing Research Articles

Detection of Book and Borrower Communities Based on Book Borrowing Records in the Library Using Complex Network Analysis

To improve user services, libraries need to have deep insight into users and the books they manage. This study aims toidentify the community of users and borrowed books based on book borrowing records using complex network analysis. It starts with collecting book-borrowing data, then converting it into a bipartite book-borrowing network using python programming and visualizing it with Gephi. Network analysis is performed to investigate network properties, and to use the BIMLPA method to find communities. The results of the investigation show that the structure of the book borrowing network is divided into two separate components. One main component of the network represents the optimal process of borrowing books, and the rest consists of many small components representing suboptimal borrowing. Community detection on the main component found 217 borrowing communities and 141 book communities. Most of the communities are small, where the book community is 2-4 members, while the borrowing community is in the form of individual borrowers. This research also produces the top 5 book communities, and borrower communities, the most popular books, and the most active borrowers. The characteristics of the users and the books found can be used as a library reference for a more effective and efficient book development policy strategy, as well as book recommendations for more targeted users.

RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN PERPUSTAKAAN MENGGUNAKAN QR CODE BERBASIS WEBSITE

The school library is one of the educational facilities supporting learning activities and has an important role in supporting the achievement of educational goals. At SMPN 1 Mandalawangi, the library plays a role in assisting students and teachers in obtaining subject matter references to support teaching and learning activities. In the library, activities such as visitor registration, book recording, book borrowing, returning transactions, and making reports at the library are still done manually, so it requires more time and effort, and mistakes often occur in finding the required data. The author designed a library management information system using a web-based QR Code to solve this problem so that activities can be carried out more quickly and easily. The Waterfall development method is used to build this web-based information system. The stages that are passed in this method are the Requirement, Design, Coding & Testing, Integration & Testing, and Operation and Maintenance stages. The information system is built using the JavaScript programming language, the ReactJS library, Cloud Firestore as the database, and UML as the system model. The final result of this design is to produce a library management information system using a web-based QR Code for the SMPN 1 Mandalawangi Library. It can be interpreted that the system that has been designed can facilitate library staff in the service process, data management, and making reports at the SMPN 1 Mandalawangi library.

PLANNING OF SCHOOL LIBRARY AS A “PLACE” BASED ON THE CONSCIOUSNESS FOR LIBRARY OF STUDENTS AND THEIR BEHAVIORS

This paper discusses the planning of school library as a “place” based on the library use consciousness and behaviors of students in junior high school. We took questionnaire survey for three school libraries. The junior high student recognized school library with a place reading books, as a place spending time with friends or staying calmly alone, as well as a place borrowing books. In the school libraries where magazines and general books are substantial, students spread in various places in the library and developed use actions various there. The school library needs substantial collection books and various stay places.

Teori Hasrat Peniruan pada Kegiatan Membaca di Perpustakaan Sekolah Dasar Kabupaten Sidoarjo

Why do elementary school students in Sidoarjo tend to have changeable behavior in terms of reading and borrowing books in the school library? This paper describes the mimetic mechanism of Rene Girard in activities in the library, namely borrowing books and reading with the teacher. Data was collected by reading the 2019-2020 Quarterly Report, especially data on borrowing books from 10 elementary schools for 6 months, selecting 2 photos of reading aloud activities, and interviewing 5 teacher informants. Specifically, in interviews, the 5 informants were included in a joint evaluation meeting with 120 participants first, then were interviewed in depth separately. The three types of data were analyzed based on 4 themes derived from the theory of Mimetic Desire with a mixed approach (mixed method research). Data validation was analyzed by triangulation of data sources and triangulation of methods. The findings in this study provide a thematic description based on Rene Girard's Mimetic Desire theory that elementary school students in Sidoarjo tend to have behavior that changes according to the mimetic mechanism in reading and borrowing books in the library.

RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI PERPUSTAKAAN BERBASIS ANDROID DAN IOT

Advances in technology today are very helpful for humans in completing work. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is one of the new technologies that has developed rapidly. By using RFID and entering an RFID tag in every book in the library, the process of borrowing and returning books will be easier by scanning the books with an RFID reader and entering them into the database. The ULI (UNSIKA Library) application is an application which is designed as a liaison between the user and the admin (library staff) in conducting borrowing transactions or returning books in the library. This application can be used by users as a medium for ordering books (booking), checking a list of borrowed books and returning books. ULI scanner tool is used as a confirmation medium for borrowing and returning books to be borrowed or returned by the user through the ULI application. The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) sensor test shows that the sensor can detect RFID tags well. The overall tool system testing shows that the tool can carry out its mission, namely detecting book IDs using RFID. Based on the measurement results, Telkomsel's data access speed is superior with the fastest data access reading of 1.85 seconds while Indosat is 3.50 seconds and the average data access reading on Telkomsel is 2.2 seconds and Indosat is 6.7 seconds.

EASY TO WORK LIBRARY EMPLOYEES IN SMAN 1 KOTA PAGAR ALAM WEB-BASED

This research was conducted at the library of SMAN 1 Pagaralam City because there were problems at the time of borrowing, returning and checking book data and borrower data so that supporting software was needed so that services could be carried out quickly and data processing could be done accurately and could be done anytime where course by the officer or by the borrower of the book, then website-based software is built, this research uses web engineering development and methodology, and so that in the implementation of website development a quality software application model or system requirements specification is used, in the following order: formulation, analysis, planning, engineering, page generation, and evaluation. So that this research has produced software that can be used by library staff of SMAN 1 Pagaralam City when serving book borrowers and processing book data, so the performance of library staff is getting better.

Grouping community reading interests using the k-means clustering method (case study: Magelang district library and archive service)

So far, the problem of gathering information at the Library and Archives Office of Magelang Regency is relatively low. To increase reading interest, policies are needed to determine reading interest. So the data used is book transaction data. This study aimed to classify people's reading interests according to the number of borrowed books at the Magelang Regency Library and Archives Service using the K-Means Clustering method and to find out which book categories are most in demand by the public at the Magelang Regency Library and Archives Service. One way to manage this data is to use data mining using the K-Means method. The results of this study are low reading interest, evidenced by using 2 clusters and the category of books that are most in-demand Literature with a high cluster strength value, namely with a Silhouette Coefficient value of 0.7354.

OPTIMALISASI KUALITAS PELAYANAN MAHASISWA MELALUI PENGELOLAAN ARSIP DINAMIS DI PERPUSTAKAAN POLITEKNIK NEGERI MANADO

Libraries are institutions that carry out service-based activities. The fact is that to borrow books in the library needs long time affecting completion of students’ final project. There are also library officers serving students angrily. Consequently, many students look for books elsewhere. It is assumed that the optimization of student service quality is influenced by dynamic archive management at the Manado State Polytechnic Library. This study uses quantitative analysis in the form of multiple regression and correlation levels by carrying out several tests, namely classical tests such as multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation tests using the SPSS version 26 computer program. The results of the research showed that archive management storage systems, archive management officers, archive managemet knowledge have a positive and significant impact on students’ satisfaction. Meanwhile, archive managemet equipment had no effect on students’ satisfaction.

Prevention of Library Collection Security Breaches in Ohangwena and Oshana Regional Libraries, Namibia

This paper focused on the prevention of library collection security breaches in Ohangwena and Oshana Regional Libraries. A qualitative research design was employed and a case study strategy was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 12 staff members from Ohangwena and Oshana Regional Library who were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected through telephone interviews and presented qualitatively in form of descriptive narratives. The study revealed that most of staff members working in these libraries held qualifications which were not related to librarianship. The findings revealed that over borrowing of books, theft and vandalism of library collection were very common in these libraries and occurred on a weekly basis. Further findings showed that measures such as the use of 3M library security system, CCTV, security personnel and lockers to keep users’ bags were in place to address security issues. Penalties such as replacement of lost or damaged items, suspension of offenders, fines for over borrowing were imposed upon users in these libraries. A major recommendation was that libraries should formulate national policies and guidelines to guide library staff on how to handle security breaches. Additionally, the government should recognize theft and vandalism of library materials as a crime because currently, users tend to commit these ill-acts since no criminal case is opened against them.

PERAN PERPUSTAKAAN SEKOLAH DALAM MEMPROMOSIKAN BUDAYA BACA DI SMA SEBAGAI STRATEGI PENINGKATAN LITERASI SISWA

The purpose of this study is to explain the role of school libraries in improving information literacy and reading culture of adolescents in high schools by choosing SMA N 16 Padang as the object of research and grade 3 as the research sample. The research method is descriptive quantitative by using questionnaires as a data collection tool using random sampling techniques. The results of the study were interpreted using simple percentages and arranged in a graph, with the results that students did not have good reading habits. Data shows that 45% of students spend only 30 minutes- 1 hour per day reading, focusing only on reading textbooks and school notes while doing homework and reading only for exams. The results also show that 60% of students very rarely borrow books in the library, and the library collection has not been integrated with the school curriculum beyond the thematic compulsory books available.

DESIGN BUILD LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED FOR SANTA MARIA 2 HIGH SCHOOL BANDUNG

Data collection is generally done manually, but this manual method has drawbacks, namely data collection becomes ineffective, not neatly arranged, and searching for data takes a lot of time. Likewise with library management at Santa Maria 2 High School Bandung, data collection is still manual so there are often many errors , therefore an information system is needed that can manage book collection data, library member data, book borrowing data, book return data and fines data for members who are late in returning books, which aims to improve the performance of library managers to be more effective in managing library data, and also to increase the reading interest of library members, namely Santa Maria 2 Bandung High School students themselves. The research method used is research and development with the sql website development method. The data collection methods used were interviews and observations. The interview method is to determine user needs, while the observation is for testing aspects of performance efficiency. The results of this study are (1) the system is proven that the level of feasibility of a web-based library information system using PHP and a MYSQL database server. (2) The test results prove that the level of feasibility of a web-based library information system in the aspect of usability for small groups is 8 1.22 % with very feasible criteria and large groups 9 0.2 % with very feasible criteria , and aspects of performance efficiency 9 6.64 with grade A.

Sistem Penentuan Penambahan Koleksi Buku di Perpustakaan Menggunakan Metode K-Means Clustering

In the library of the Pagar Alam Institute of Technology, the process of determining the addition of a book collection is still done manually, namely by taking notes to find out what book data are often borrowed by students, so it takes a long time to find the data archive of book borrowers, to determine the addition of books can be done. seen from the data archive of student book borrowing, because book lending is still done by recording so it is still difficult for officers to find out what books are often borrowed by students. The purpose of this study is to build a system for determining the addition of books in the library of the Pagar Alam Institute of Technology with the K-Means Clustering method which produces 3 clusters, namely cluster 0 which means high, cluster 1 which means medium and cluster 2 which means low. From this study, information was obtained that there were 563 data in cluster 0 with high information, 357 data in cluster 1 with moderate information, and in cluster 2, 290 data with low information with centeroid values ​​for the number of books, namely 1.396, 1.401 and 1.421, centeroid values ​​in information 1,620, 1,627 and 1,621 and the centeroid value on the number of borrowers is 6,362, 10,429 and 2,617. The test method uses Black Box Testing in the form of alpha testing which is tested by experts in the field while database testing obtains an average value of 4, interface testing 4.07, functionality testing 3.93 and algorithm testing with an average of 4 so as to obtain an average a total of 4 and get 80% eligibility results. The results obtained from the research are the System for Determining the Addition of Book Collections in the Library of the Pagar Alam Institute of Technology using the K-Means Clustering Method.

A Comparative Study of Various Book Recommendation Algorithms for Public Libraries

ABSTRACT Book recommendation algorithms in public libraries can recommend catalogs based on users’ borrowing records to assist in book retrieval. This paper introduced two recommendation algorithms, collaborative filtering and association rule, combined them into a hybrid recommendation algorithm, and conducted simulation experiments on the three recommendation algorithms. The results showed that the hybrid recommendation algorithm gave more personalized and specific recommendation results; the recommendation accuracy of the hybrid recommendation algorithm was higher than that of the other two algorithms regardless of the book borrowing volume of target users.

A BP Neural Network-Based Early Warning Model for Student Performance in the Context of Big Data

Nowadays, educational data mining technology has received more and more attention from scholars in China, and the application of correlation between student behavior data and student achievement to teaching management has become a hot research topic. Starting from the study of the potential association between book borrowing and student achievement in the big data environment, the paper analyzes the correlation between book borrowing and student achievement based on the Apriori algorithm and concludes that there is a strong correlation rule between book borrowing and student achievement. Based on BP neural network prediction algorithm, the paper constructs an early warning model for student performance by predicting book borrowing through course performance. The absolute value of the error between the predicted value of book borrowing and the real value of borrowing is used as a basis to make early warning for students’ performance, so as to realize the monitoring of students’ learning situation, thereby providing theoretical suggestions for teachers’ teaching and promoting the school’s management of students.

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MEMBERSHIP AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND LIBRARY USING RFID AT FACULTY OF ENGINEERING UNTAG SEMARANG

This study aims to build a library system application that can be used in the library of the Faculty of Engineering UNTAG Semarang based on an RFID card. From the background of the problem, namely, the process of borrowing and returning books is quite long, because to search for borrowed books the librarian must go to the bookshelf and look for the title of the book to be borrowed. The difficulty in making reports, because it is done after the library activities are finished, does not automatically coincide with the process of borrowing and returning services. Starting from the problems above, and paying attention to the number of daily visitors in the library that must be served, the authors propose to create a library service application using an RFID tag that can help the process of searching for member data and library books quickly.

Turkish Language Teaching and Acquisition of Reading Culture in Our Schools

At the bottom of our reading and conversation tradition, “oral” culture before the acceptance of Islam has great influence. For this reason, even our reading culture has been established on the logic of listening and conversation. Turkish people met with written works only after the Tanzimat (Edith of Reorganization). With the guidance of Tanzimat poets and writers, we see that a serious readership has formed especially in Istanbul since the 1890s. The Second Constitutional Period was when the press and reading culture were at their peak. In one of his writings, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı said that a children’s magazine sold 5,000 copies in Istanbul. The intellectuals who founded and kept the Republic alive were also raised in the productive environment of these years. Our reading habits continued after the establishment of the Republic. After the Alphabet Revolution in 1928, there was a short transition period. However, we see that the first generation of the Republic created a good audience when we look at the number, variety, and circulation of books published with new letters in the 1930s and later. The basis of this development is the importance given by the state to the reading culture, and the 1928 curriculum prepared with this understanding. The aims of this curriculum must have been well understood that a serious reading campaign began throughout the country, and schools, village chambers, and gathering places became reading halls. In order to meet the expectations of the readers in the villages and to gain new readers, the books were delivered to the readers in boxes (book borrowing crates) strapped to the backs of donkeys. After the 1980 coup d'état, our enthusiasm for reading, discussing, and thinking suddenly stopped. Today, we are at a point where we do not desire in terms of the culture of reading and discussion. We need to work quickly to build a society that reads and thinks again. Curriculums should be re-prepared with the spirit of the 1928 curriculum, and expert-certified people should prepare all materials and course tools produced according to this curriculum.

Grouping Library Book Collection Based On Old Book Borrowers With Clustering Method (Case study: STMIK Kaputama)

Libraries are institutions that collect printed and recorded knowledge. Books can be borrowed at the library for a length of time according to library regulations. Based on observations that some types of books in the library of STMIK Kaputama have a very high ratio of the number of borrowers, while the availability of books is limited. The addition of new book collections cannot be done because the storage capacity of the collection is limited. Based on these conditions, the grouping of book collections based on the length of book borrowing is carried out to optimize the service time for borrowing books. This application was created to assist librarians in determining the optimal length of book borrowing. So in this case, we will design and build a system that will be used in grouping library book collections based on the length of borrowing and the variables determined using the clustering method. The purpose of this research is to design and build a system for grouping library book collections in order to produce information quickly about the availability of books in the library.

The perceived value of book borrowing services is stationary in the time of Covid-19: Empirical evidence from the Municipal Library in Prague

Public libraries represent a specific sector of public service provision, where library management is limited in its ability to influence consumers’ perceptions of the value of borrowed books. This study expands previous research on consumers’ perceived value and its measurement and focuses on the nature of the data examined, which has not yet received much attention. We fill this research gap and examine whether the perceived value of book borrowing services remains stationary over time by considering a sample of readers from the Municipal Library in Prague, Czech Republic. Moreover, we analyse whether the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the perceived value of book borrowing services. Our results contribute to the discussion an important finding that consumers’ perceptions of book borrowing services are stable and do not change over time. Interestingly, we also find that the Covid-19 pandemic has not led to a change in consumers’ perceived value. This study thus creates both theoretical and practical contributions and leads to the definition of several practical implications for managers of (public) library organisations. JEL L86, H39, H44

The Role of the Village Government as a Facilitator in Records (Dynamic Archives) Management (Case Study in Paseban Village, Kencong District, Jember Regency)

This research uses a case study with a qualitative approach. This study aimed to analyze the role of the Paseban Village Government as a facilitator in managing dynamic archives owned by the village government. As a facilitator, the village government plays a role in creating conducive conditions for the implementation of record management. This has been done even though it is not optimal. Concerning record management, it consists of 1) sorting letters, 2) opening the cover, 3) issuing letters from inside the envelope, 4) examining letters, 5) reading letters, 6) delivering letters (internally), 7) recording letters, and 8) storage of letters related to the Management of incoming mail and procedures for managing incoming letters, there is no SOP. There are four main activities: 1) drafting, 2) approval of letter concepts, 3) typing of letter concepts, and 4) letter delivery. There are also steps for managing outgoing mail, which include: 1) receiving a dictation or written concept from the leadership, 2) drafting a letter, 3) recording the outgoing registration book, 4) typing the letter in its final form, 5) asking for the leadership's signature, 6) checking the mail to be sent, and 7) distributing the mail. However, there is no SOP in the Management of outgoing letters and steps for managing outgoing letters. The criteria for the selection of archival equipment have been carried out. Borrowing archives is no precise loan circulation data because they do not have procedures and do not use archive borrowing books. In addition, there are no restrictions on borrowing archives and determining the period for borrowing archives, so the archive is vulnerable to lose. Record inventory and archive retention at the Paseban Village Office have never been carried out.