Incorporating Patron Requests into Archival Workflows and Digital
Repository Interfaces
August 15, 2009by Mark Custer
Digital Initiatives Librarian Programmer
Productions Coordinator
Metadata Coordinator
Digital Collections atEast Carolina University
HUMAN BEHAVIORAND
THE PRINCIPLEOF LEAST EFFORT
An Introduction to Human Ecology
by
GEORGE KINGSLEY ZIPF, P D.h.Harvard University
(Facsimile of 1949 edition)
HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANYNew York and London
1965
HUMAN BEHAVIORAND
THE PRINCIPLEOF LEAST EFFORT
An Introduction to Human Ecology
by
GEORGE KINGSLEY ZIPF, P D.h.Harvard University
(Facsimile of 1949 edition)
HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANYNew York and London
1965
1762 collections(total)
20% Goal6.3% already digitized
(not fully digitized)
111 Collections
352 Collections(in our top 20%)
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(Physical) Reading Room Requests399 collections, 20070701 - 20080630
Actualm = -0.9256r² = 0.9533
Predicted (by Zipf’s law)m = -1r² = 1
Wherem= sloper = correlation coefficient
746 65 680 930 0691-006 1030 MC0010 273 OH0042 MF0010 MG0038 229 735 745 793 866 942 OH0089-0130
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Unique Pageviews for 1762 EAD records66378 views total, during 20080701- 20090630
Logarithmic Distribution of Unique Page Views
Actualm = -1.14696r² = 0.99981
Predicted (by Zipf’s law)m = -1r² = 1
Wherem = sloper = correlation coefficient
Logarithmic Distribution of Unique Page Views
Actualm = -1.14696r² = 0.99981
Predictedm = -1r² = 1
Wherem = sloper = correlation coefficient
This is not a new phenomenon
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70.72%Also covers 48.28%of reading room requests
References / CitationsSlide 01: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/3109/Slide 02: http://transforming-special-collections.near-time.net/news/Slide 06: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benuski/3451996330/Slide 07: http://shc2009symposia.pbworks.com/Slide 11: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/5766/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3288382289/Slide 12: http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2007-02.pdfSlide 14: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6249/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3376616085/Slide 22: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1578/Slide 28: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6466/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3376635245/Slide 29: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1315/Slide 33: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/7415/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3489762852/Slide 34: http://google.com/analyticsSlide 42: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6059/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3488947521/Slide 43: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/165502/Slide 58: http://www.cs.bu.edu/faculty/crovella/paper-archive/TR-95-010/paper.htmlSlide 66: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1310/
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