JP2003288348A - Library book stock retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easily forming a database used for book retrieval in a library book stock retrieval system using a communication network. <P>SOLUTION: A management server 10 includes a book database 11 storing an ISBN (international standard book number) code and book information including a book name specified thereby, and a book stock database 12 for storing an ISBN code and book stock information including a library name of the owner of the book specified thereby. The management server 10 receives book information retrieval data including an ISBN code and the library name of the owner of the book specified thereby from a library terminal 20, retrieves the book information related to the book specified by the ISBN code from the book database 11, transmits the book information obtained by retrieval to the library terminal 20, and registers the ISBN code included in the book information retrieval data in association with the library name of the owner of the book concerned in the book stock database 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a library book search system for searching books in a plurality of libraries using a communication network, and more particularly to a method of creating a database used in the book search system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a library collection system for searching a library owned by a plurality of libraries by using a communication network so as to know which library the desired book is. . In such a library book search system, there is a method in which the book databases of all the libraries participating in the system are centralized in one public server and a search service is provided by this public server.

[0003]

However, in order to construct a collection database, it is necessary to register collection data owned by all libraries, and a huge amount of work is required to create the collection database. There is.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily creating a database used for searching a book in a library book search system using a communication network.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention described in claim 1, a library terminal (20) arranged in a library and a user terminal (30) used by a user who searches a library's collection of books. And communication network (4
0) is connected by a management server (10), and the management server (10) has an ISBN code and its I
A book database (11) in which book information including at least book titles of books specified by SBN code is stored in association with each other, an ISBN code, and at least a library name holding a book specified by the ISBN code The management server (10) has a collection database (12) in which collection information is stored in association with the collection information, and the management server (10) receives the collection search keyword from the user terminal (30) and identifies the collection search keyword. A library collection search system configured to search a library database (12) for a library holding a library and send the search result to a user terminal (30).
From the library terminal (20), the ISBN code and its ISB
Retrieval data receiving means for receiving the book information retrieval data including at least the library name holding the book specified by the N code, and the ISB included in the book information retrieval data
A book information searching unit that searches the book database (11) for the book information related to the book specified by the N code, and the book information obtained by the book information searching unit is the library terminal (2
0), and at least the ISBN code of the data included in the book information search data and the library name of the library holding the book specified by the ISBN code are associated with each other in the collection database (12). It is characterized in that it comprises a collection information registering means for registering.

By performing the book information search from the library terminal (20) in this way, the management server (10) can create the collection database (12) at the same time as the book information search. As a result, the management server (10) can automatically carry out library registration for each library in the library database (12) used for library library search.

[0007] The library side only needs to inform the management server (10) of the ISBN code and the location of the book,
Since the book information of the book can be obtained, there is no need to input the book information of the book newly received by purchase or the like, and there is an advantage that the book management can be simplified.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the management server (10) stores the ISBN code and the impression sentence information including at least the impression sentence concerning the book specified by the ISBN code in association with each other. It is equipped with an impression text database (13), and from the user terminal (30),
At least IS among the data included in the impression sentence registration data receiving means for receiving the impression sentence registration data including at least the ISBN code and the impression sentence concerning the book specified by the ISBN code, and the data included in the impression sentence registration data.
It is characterized in that it is provided with an impression text information registration means for associating the BN code and the impression text concerning the book specified by the ISBN code and registering them in the impression text database.

As a result, as in the invention according to claim 3, the collection-use keyword can include the impression sentence stored in the impression sentence database, and the collection can be searched also by the impression sentence. become able to.

The reference numerals in parentheses of the above-mentioned means indicate the correspondence with the concrete means described in the embodiments described later.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The library collection-of-books search system of this embodiment creates a collection-library database of collections of a plurality of libraries in advance, and provides a library collection-search service using this collection-database. The library collection search system of this embodiment is mainly used to search collections in a school library.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of the library collection search system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, in the library collection search system, a management server 10 provided in a library collection search service management center that provides a library collection search service and a library participating in the library collection search system are provided respectively. And a library terminal 20,
A user terminal 30 used by a user who searches a collection of books is provided. These are connected by a communication network 40. The communication network 40 may be an open network such as the Internet.

The management server 10 is arranged in a library collection book search service management center which provides a library collection book search service for searching a collection book of each library. The management server 10 of the present embodiment provides a book information search service for searching book information (book name, publisher name, publication date, etc.) of a book in addition to the library collection search service.

As the management server 10, a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation can be used. The management server 10 includes a storage device such as a hard disk. The storage device stores programs for executing a book information search service, a collection book search service, and the like, which will be described later.

The storage device of the management server 10 is provided with a database including a book database 11, a collection database 12, an impression sentence database 13, and the like. These databases 11 to 13 will be described later.

The library terminal 20 is installed in each of the plurality of libraries participating in the library collection search system, and is used by the book management user in the library. It is assumed that the library terminal 20 of this embodiment is installed in a school library. As the library terminal 20, for example, a personal computer equipped with an input / output device such as a keyboard, a mouse and a display can be used.

Normally, in a library, book information (book title, publisher, publication date, etc.), which is various bibliographic items, is applied to books received by purchase, etc., according to predetermined rules.
Is registered in the management computer of the library (not shown) to manage the books in each library. Library terminal 2
In 0, such book information of books can be searched by the book information search service provided by the management server 10.

The user terminal 30 is used by a user who searches for a library book, and in addition to a library book search,
You can register your impressions about books. The user terminal 30 of this embodiment is installed in a school and is used by students and children of the school as users. As the user terminal 30, for example, a personal computer equipped with an input / output device such as a keyboard, a mouse and a display can be used.

As described above, the management server 10 includes the book database 11, the collection database 12, and the impression sentence database 13 in the storage device. The data structure of these databases 11 to 13 will be described based on FIGS. 2 to 4. 2 shows the data structure of the book database 11, FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the collection database 12, and FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the impression sentence database 13. These databases 11 to 13 are ISBN (Internat) which is a code for identifying individual books.
It is managed by the ional Standard Book Number) code.

As shown in FIG. 2, the book database 11
The ISBN code and the book information including the book title of the book specified by the ISBN code are stored in association with each other. As the book information other than the book name, there are an author name, a publisher name, a publication date, a table of contents, an abstract, a classification number, a subject / keyword indicating the contents of the book, and the like. The book database 11 is stored in advance in the storage device of the management server 10 and is regularly updated to supplement the book information and the like of newly issued books.

As shown in FIG. 3, the collection database 12
The ISBN code and the collection information including the installation location (library name) of the book specified by the ISBN code are stored in association with each other. Collection information other than the installation location, such as the date of receipt of books at the installation location, collection database 1
There are data registration date and time in 2 and a management code uniquely assigned by the place where the book is installed. The library database 12 is constructed by accumulating book information search data transmitted from the library terminal 20 to the management server 10 when searching for book information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the impression sentence database stores the impression sentence information including the impression sentence about the ISBN code and the book specified by the ISBN code. The impression sentence information other than the impression sentence includes the name of the impression sentence contributor, the school name, the posting date of the impression sentence, the check result, and the like.

The impression sentences of this embodiment are typified by typical impression sentences such as "is interesting", "impressed", "sad", and "thinking" and free impression sentences composed of free sentences. It is configured. The impression sentence check result shows whether the teacher of the school to which the user who registered the impression sentence belongs or the service administrator of the library collection search service management center of the library collection search system checked the contents of the impression sentence. , “Done” or “not yet”. Only the impression sentences for which the check result is "Done" can be viewed.

The database provided in the storage device of the management server 10 includes a user authentication database (not shown) used for user authentication. The user authentication database is configured to include a user ID, password, user name, affiliation and the like. Here, the users include a book management user who uses the library terminal 20 and a library search user who uses the user terminal 30.

Next, the book information search in the library collection search system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The library collection search system of the present embodiment is configured so that the collection database 11 is created at the same time as the book information search. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a book information search procedure, and FIGS. 6 and 7 show screen configurations of the library terminal 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, the user ID and password are input at the library terminal 20 and are transmitted to the management server 10 (step S10). Management server 10
Then, the authentication processing is performed by referring to the user authentication database based on the received user ID and password (step S11).

Next, the data input screen for book information search shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the library terminal 20 for book information search including at least the ISBN code and the installation location (library name) of the book for which book information is to be obtained. Data is input and transmitted to the management server 10 (step S12). Data relating to a plurality of books can be input as the book information search data. When the installation location is always the same, the input of the installation location may be automatically completed.

The management server 10 receives the book information search data from the library terminal 20 (step S13), refers to the book database 11 on the basis of the ISBN code included in the received book information search data, and refers to the IS.
The book information associated with the BN code is searched and extracted from the book database 11 (step S14). further,
The management server 10 associates the ISBN code included in the received book information search data with at least the installation location and registers it in the collection database 12 (step S1).
5). As a result, the data of the installation place where the book specified by the ISBN code is stored is stored in the collection database 12.

Next, the management server 10 carries out step S13.
The result of the book information search is transmitted to the library terminal 20 (step S16). The library terminal 20 receives the book information search result from the management server 10 (step S17), and the book information search result display screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (step S18). Here, the book information displayed on the library terminal 20 is simple data including a book title, an author name, and a publisher name associated with the ISBN code, and if more detailed book information is to be acquired, the management server 10 Detailed book information can be downloaded separately.

Step S13 constitutes the retrieval data receiving means of the present invention, step S14 constitutes the book information retrieval means of the present invention, step S15 constitutes the collection information registration means of the present invention, and step S16. Constitutes the search result transmitting means of the present invention.

Next, a book search in the library book search system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a library search procedure, and FIGS. 9 to 13 show screen configurations of the library terminal 20.

As shown in FIG. 8, the user ID and the password are input at the user terminal 30 and transmitted to the management server 10 (step S20). Management server 10
Then, the authentication process is performed by referring to the user authentication database based on the received user ID and password (step S21).

Next, a collection-of-books search screen is displayed on the user terminal 30. In the collection of books search system of this embodiment, FIG.
The simple search screen shown in and the detailed search screen shown in FIG. 10 are prepared and can be used properly according to the age of the search user.

The search user inputs a keyword for library collection search at the user terminal 30 and sends it to the management server 10 (step S22). For example, a book title, an author's name, a subject, an ISBN code, a publisher's name, etc. can be used as the library search keyword. The library search keyword may be single or plural.

Further, in the library collection search system of the present embodiment, it is possible to search for a book from the impression sentence. For example, "I was funny,""I was moved,""I was sad."
By selecting a standard impression sentence such as “I was made to think”, it is possible to search for a book in which the corresponding impression sentence is registered.

In the management server 10, based on the search keyword received from the user terminal 30, the information about the book to be searched is stored in the databases 11, 12, and 1.
3 is searched and extracted (step S23). In particular,
The book that is the search target is searched and extracted from the book database 11 from the search keyword, and the ISBN code of the extracted book is used to search and extract from the collection database 12 which library the book is in. When the impression sentence is selected as the search keyword, the corresponding ISBN code is retrieved and extracted from the impression sentence database 13. And the management server 1
0 transmits this search result to the library terminal 20 (step S24).

The user terminal 30 displays the search result received from the management server 10 (step S24). In the search result display, first, as shown in FIG. 11, a list of books corresponding to the search keyword is displayed. here,
The title of the book, the name of the author, the classification, the date of publication, whether or not the school to which the search user belongs are displayed.

On the library search result display screen of FIG. 11, it is possible to display only the books selected by checking the check boxes in the books displayed in the list. Also,
It is also possible to perform a narrowed search based on the NDC classification (Japanese Decimal Classification) and the condition of the book held by the school to which the search user belongs.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a pencil mark, a note mark, and a magnifying glass mark are displayed in order from the left at the right end of the column of each book displayed in a list. By selecting the magnifying glass mark, you can see detailed information about the book, and by selecting the note mark,
You can see the impression about the book, and you can register the impression about the book by selecting the pencil mark.

When the magnifying glass mark is selected on the collection search result display screen of FIG. 11, a detailed information request is transmitted from the user terminal 30 to the management server 10 (step S2).
6). The management server 10 includes databases 11, 12, 1
The detailed information of the book is searched from 3 (step S2
7) Then, the search result is transmitted to the user terminal 30 (step S28).

The detailed content display screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the user terminal 30 (step S29). As a result, the library search user can see detailed information on the displayed books. As the detailed information, in addition to bibliographic items such as a book name, an author name, a publisher name, an ISBN code, a classification, a table of contents, and contents, the number of books in which library the book exists is displayed. As a result, the library search user can easily know how many books are in which library.

When the note mark is selected on the collection result display screen of FIG.
The impression text display screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and the collection search user can browse the impression text registered for the displayed book.

Further, when the pencil mark is selected on the collection result display screen of FIG.
The impression sentence registration screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and the search user can register the impression sentence concerning the book. As shown in FIG. 14, as a method of inputting the impression sentence, for example, a typical impression sentence that is typified as “interesting”, “impressed”, “sad”, or “thought” can be selected, or You can enter a free commentary sentence consisting of free sentences.

After inputting the impression text on the impression text registration screen of FIG. 14, by selecting the "put" button, the impression text information including at least the ISBN code and the impression text of the book specified by the ISBN code is displayed by the user. It is transmitted from the terminal 30 to the management server 10. The management server 10 receives the impression sentence information from the user terminal 30 (impression sentence registration data receiving means), and at least the ISBN code and the impression sentence are associated with each other among the data included in the impression sentence information. 13 is registered (impression sentence information registration means).

As a result, the impression sentence database 13 is constructed. At this stage, the check result column of the impression text database 13 is “not yet”.

Since the impression text can be written freely, the contents of the impression text registered in the impression text database 13 may be inappropriate for allowing an unspecified number of users to browse. Therefore, in this embodiment, the teacher of the school to which the user who registered the impression sentence belongs, the service administrator, etc. can check the contents of the impression sentence.

When entering the library collection search system of the present embodiment with the user ID of the teacher or the user ID of the service administrator, the impression statement check screen shown in FIG. 16 is displayed. In the sentiment sentence check screen, sentiment sentence database 13
A list of unchecked impression sentences registered in is displayed.

When the content of the sentiment sentence is appropriate, the check box displayed at the right end of each sentiment sentence is checked, and when the content of the sentiment sentence is inappropriate, the check box is not checked. . After checking all impression texts, by selecting the "Register" button at the bottom of the screen, the impression texts checked in the check boxes will be checked in the impression text database 13 and will be checked in the check boxes. The impression sentences that are not present are deleted from the impression sentence database.

As described above, in the library book search system according to the present embodiment, the library server 20 searches the book information from the library terminal 20 to obtain the book information of the desired book, and the management server 10 searches the book information. At the same time, the collection database 12 can be created. As a result, the management server 10 can automatically carry out the library registration for each library in the library database 12 used for the library library search.

Further, the library side can obtain the book information of the book just by inputting the ISBN code, so that it is not necessary to input the book information of the book newly received by purchase or the like, and the book management can be performed. It can be simplified.

Further, as in the present embodiment, by providing the impression text database 13 in the management server 10 which provides the library collection search service so that the impression text can be registered, the collection of books can be searched also by the impression text. Will be able to.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the book database 11, the collection database 12, and the impression sentence database 13 are configured as separate databases, but they may be configured as one database.

Further, in the above embodiment, step S12.
When the book information search data including the ISBN code and the place where the book is installed is transmitted from the library terminal 20 to the management server 10, but when the place where the book is installed can be specified by the user ID transmitted from the library terminal 20 in step S10. May omit the book installation location from the book information search data.

In the above embodiment, the library terminal 20 is used.
I manually entered the ISBN code at
The ISBN code reader using CR is installed, and this IS
ISBN on the library terminal 20 by the BN code reader
It may be configured to enter the code. Alternatively, if there is data such as book delivery data including the ISBN code of a newly purchased book that can be used on a computer, this data is used to send the I
You may make it input a SBN code.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a library collection search system according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a chart showing the contents of a book database included in a management server.

FIG. 3 is a chart showing the contents of a collection database provided in a management server.

FIG. 4 is a chart showing the contents of an impression text database included in a management server.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a collection database creation procedure of the library collection search system.

FIG. 6 is a screen configuration diagram showing a book information search data input screen of the library terminal.

FIG. 7 is a screen configuration diagram showing a book information search result display screen of the library terminal.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a library search procedure of the library library search system.

FIG. 9 is a screen configuration diagram showing a collection search screen of a user terminal.

FIG. 10 is a screen configuration diagram showing a collection search screen of a user terminal.

FIG. 11 is a screen configuration diagram showing a collection search result display screen of the user terminal.

FIG. 12 is a screen configuration diagram showing a detailed content display screen of a collection search result on a user terminal.

FIG. 13 is a screen configuration diagram showing an impression text browsing screen of a user terminal.

FIG. 14 is a screen configuration diagram showing an impression text registration screen of a user terminal.

FIG. 15 is a screen configuration diagram showing an impression statement check screen of a library terminal or the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Management server, 11 ... Book database, 12 ... Collection database, 13 ... Impression sentence database, 20 ... Library terminal, 30 ... User terminal, 40 ... Communication network.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A management server (10) connected by a communication network (40) to a library terminal (20) arranged in a plurality of libraries and a user terminal (30) used by a user searching a library's collection of books. The management server (10) uses the ISBN code and its I
A book database (11) in which book information including at least book titles of books specified by SBN code is stored in association with each other, an ISBN code, and at least a library name holding a book specified by the ISBN code The management server (10) receives a library search keyword from the user terminal (30), and has a library database (12) in which library information is stored in association with the library information. A library book search system configured to search the library database (12) for a library name holding a specified book and send the search result to the user terminal (30). A library holding the ISBN code and books specified by the ISBN code from (20) And a search data receiving unit that receives the book information search data including at least, and book information that searches the book database (11) for book information related to the book specified by the ISBN code included in the book information search data. A search unit, a search result transmission unit that transmits the book information obtained by the book information search unit to the library terminal (20), and at least an ISBN code among the data included in the book information search data, A library collection information search system, comprising: library information registration means for registering in the library database (12) in association with the library name of the library specified by the ISBN code. 2. The management server (10) comprises an impression text database (13) in which an ISBN code and impression text information containing at least impression text about a book identified by the ISBN code are stored in association with each other. The impression sentence registration data receiving means for receiving from the user terminal (30) the impression sentence registration data including at least the ISBN code and the impression sentence concerning the book specified by the ISBN code, and the impression sentence registration data receiving unit. At least an ISBN code among the data included in the work data and an impression statement information registration means for associating with the impression statement database the impression statement relating to the book specified by the ISBN code are registered. The library collection search system described in item 1. 3. The library collection book search system according to claim 2, wherein the collection book search keyword can include impression sentences stored in the impression sentence database.