Evaluating books finding tools on social media: A case study of aNobii |
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| Authors: | Muh-Chyun Tang Yi-Jin SiePei-Hang Ting |
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| Institution: | Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei City 106, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | A user study of aNobii was conducted with an aim to exploring possible criteria for evaluating social navigational tools. A set of measures designed to capture various aspects of the benefits provided by the tools was proposed. To test the applicability of these measures, a within-subject experimental design was adopted where fifty regular aNobii users searched alternately with three book-finding tools: browsing “friends’ bookshelves”, “similar bookshelves”, and “books by known authors”. Other than the self-report user experience and search result measures, the “choice set” model was used as a novel framework for navigational effectiveness. Further analyses were conducted to explore whether three aspects of reader preference, “preference insight”, “preference diversity”, and “reading involvement” might influence the performance of the tools. |
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| Keywords: | Social navigation System evaluation Reading preference aNobii Social media |
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