個人學術書目庫CiteULike知識網絡分析：以圖書館研究群為例
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2015
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隨著網際網絡的普及，與數位內容的充實，令每位研究者皆能透過各種線上資料庫與網站平台取得書目資訊與文獻資源，為瞭解在線上環境中使用者如何透過書目管理工具之使用建構與分享其個人學術書目庫，本研究以線上書目分享平台CiteULike為研究場域，探討參與學術社群之使用者的使用行為與網絡關係，期望能作為資訊機構未來提供推廣學術社群平台服務之參考。
本研究以質性取向的內容分析法和社會網絡分析法，蒐集與分析200位使用CiteULike達1年之使用者的個人基本資料與使用行為。研究結果發現 ，（一）使用者於CiteULike平台的使用行為：（1）使用者個人基本資料公開數最高為使用者姓名、工作職稱與研究領域，其餘項目填寫率皆未過半數、（2）使用者呈現跨領域收藏書目資訊，以資訊管理、資訊服務、電腦科學、電子出版等學科重複性最高、（3）使用者僅以使用基本功能為重，如張貼書目資訊至個人書目庫；（二）使用者於CiteULike平台的網絡關係：（1）使用者間連結關係程度低，整體社群功能參與度不高、（2）書目間之各學科領域聯繫較低，呈現跨領域現象，不同學科領域中之相似研究議題被聚合產生連繫、（3）整體使用者對於CiteULike平台所提供之社群功能參與度不高，網絡結構呈現鬆散，但能夠透過系統特性聚合不同學科領域之相似研究議題之書目資訊。基於上述研究結果，本研究貢獻分為兩方面，學術上本研究以社會網絡之概念探討學術社群CiteULike使用者的交流與分享模式，提供未來線上書目分享系統相關研究一個新的思考面向，實務上提供資訊機構未來推廣學術社群平台服務之參考。
With the development of the Internet and the availability of digital content, researchers are able to acquire bibliographic information and literary resources from various online databases and network platforms. This study selected CiteULike, an online bibliographic information sharing platform, as the research aim to explore the usage behaviors and network relationships of members of scholarly communities, including how these users apply library management tools to establish and share personal libraries in a virtual environment. Furthermore, the findings obtained in this study can be provided to information institutions for the future promotion of services on related community platforms. This study adopted a qualitative content analysis and a social network analysis, where personal profile and usage behaviors of 200 CiteULike members that have been using the site for one year or more were collected and analyzed. In terms of usage behavior, findings revealed that (1) the most highly disclosed personal profile were user name, job title, and research field. The rates of all other profile were less than 50%. (2) User’s library manifested cross-disciplinary collection of bibliographic information. The subjects of information management, information services, computer science, and digital publishing showing the highest repeatability. (3) Users generally used basic site functions, such as posting bibliographic information into their personal library. In terms of network relationship, findings revealed that (1) The connection density among users and the participation of of overall community features were relatively low. (2) The communication of bibliographic information between user’s library was relatively low, but users manifested cross-disciplinary behaviors to collect bibliographic information, where similar issues in different research fields were aggregated to generate associations. (3) The participation of users in the community features was relatively low and the network structure was loosely. However, bibliographic information of similar issues in different research fields between user’s library could be aggregated by the system’s features. Based on the results of the content analysis and a social network analysis, the contributions of this study can be categorized into two facets. In terms of academic contribution, this study took into account social network concepts to elucidate the exchange and sharing behaviors of members of the scholarly community - CiteULike. These results provide a new perspective for research on bibliographic information sharing systems. In terms of practical contribution, the findings obtained in this study can be provided to information institutions for the future promotion of service on related community platforms.
With the development of the Internet and the availability of digital content, researchers are able to acquire bibliographic information and literary resources from various online databases and network platforms. This study selected CiteULike, an online bibliographic information sharing platform, as the research aim to explore the usage behaviors and network relationships of members of scholarly communities, including how these users apply library management tools to establish and share personal libraries in a virtual environment. Furthermore, the findings obtained in this study can be provided to information institutions for the future promotion of services on related community platforms. This study adopted a qualitative content analysis and a social network analysis, where personal profile and usage behaviors of 200 CiteULike members that have been using the site for one year or more were collected and analyzed. In terms of usage behavior, findings revealed that (1) the most highly disclosed personal profile were user name, job title, and research field. The rates of all other profile were less than 50%. (2) User’s library manifested cross-disciplinary collection of bibliographic information. The subjects of information management, information services, computer science, and digital publishing showing the highest repeatability. (3) Users generally used basic site functions, such as posting bibliographic information into their personal library. In terms of network relationship, findings revealed that (1) The connection density among users and the participation of of overall community features were relatively low. (2) The communication of bibliographic information between user’s library was relatively low, but users manifested cross-disciplinary behaviors to collect bibliographic information, where similar issues in different research fields were aggregated to generate associations. (3) The participation of users in the community features was relatively low and the network structure was loosely. However, bibliographic information of similar issues in different research fields between user’s library could be aggregated by the system’s features. Based on the results of the content analysis and a social network analysis, the contributions of this study can be categorized into two facets. In terms of academic contribution, this study took into account social network concepts to elucidate the exchange and sharing behaviors of members of the scholarly community - CiteULike. These results provide a new perspective for research on bibliographic information sharing systems. In terms of practical contribution, the findings obtained in this study can be provided to information institutions for the future promotion of service on related community platforms.
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CiteULike, 學術社群, 社會網絡分析法, CiteULike, Scholarly Community, Social Network Analysis