JP2004110324A - Book information retrieval system, its program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a book information retrieval system which provides to even a user in a remote place the same benefits as those for a user who is able to actually visit a library to view a bookshelf without requiring any special work by using classification numbers or claim symbols which are necessarily applied to the books of the library. <P>SOLUTION: This book information retrieval system is provided with a book information data base 13 for storing book information including the classification number information of each of stored books, a retrieving means 12 for retrieving the book information data base 13 in response to a retrieval request from a user to acquire the book information, and a list displaying means 14 for displaying the book information of the retrieval result in the form of a list. When the book displayed in the list is designated, the retrieving means 12 retrieves the books whose classification numbers are the same, and the list display means 14 displays the list information of the retrieval result. Thus, there is provided the same benefits as those for a user who is able to actually visit a library to view a bookshelf. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a book information search system, a program, and a recording medium, and more particularly, to a book information search technique for searching books stored in a library.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Recently, networks such as the Internet and intranet have become widespread in homes and workplaces, and a book search system using this network can search for books stored in libraries located in remote locations from homes and workplaces. Became.
[0003]
As a method for retrieving book information, a "method of performing a search using a search key designated by the searcher himself" is common. In this case, the search key to enter is
(1) Bibliographic items such as titles, author names, etc. relating to material information (2) Classification numbers according to the Japan Decimal Classification Table (NDC).
[0004]
The classification used in this library is based on a classification method in which the contents written in the book are classified into ten basic divisions (primary divisions), and each field is further classified into ten fields. The result obtained is represented by a symbol using ten numbers “0” to “9”, and is classified into a tertiary category (1,000 items) (see FIG. 10). However, the 1,000 items in the tertiary category alone are not enough, so the sub-category items are further set below “.”.
This classification number is assigned to a book by library staff using its expertise to identify the field from the contents of the target book.
[0005]
With these search methods, a user who does not know an appropriate search key or classification number cannot obtain necessary information.
In order to solve this problem, in the “material information search method using a classification number-related file” in Patent Document 1, a file in which a classification number is associated with contents corresponding to the classification number is referred to and input. By replacing the search key with the classification number, the user can search the classification number without being conscious of the classification number, and can also refer to the upper and lower levels of the classification number, Appropriate and wide-ranging search is possible without being bound by the input search key.
[0006]
On the other hand, books are arranged on the bookshelf of the library in the order of the classification numbers described above, and as a result, related books are arranged in a group (see FIG. 11). Further, each book is usually provided with a call number consisting of a classification number and a book symbol. The book symbol is used to determine the order of books having the same classification number, and is generally obtained from the initials of the book title or the author name.
[0007]
When books are placed in this way, they are connected via a network by the above-mentioned material information search method, and when they search for materials (books), they actually go to the library and place them on the bookshelf. There is a problem that it is not possible to enjoy the advantages caused by viewing books.
[0008]
For example, if you actually go to a library, you may be interested in books placed around the target book, and as a result of grabbing the book, "this book is more important" There are many things to recognize.
[0009]
In order to solve this problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-216,1992 discloses a book information providing server, a book information providing method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method. When the bookshelf is designated, provide video data of close-up images so that users can recognize the design or characters on the cover or spine of each book stored in the bookshelf, and actually go to the library and put it on the bookshelf. The advantage generated by viewing the placed books can be provided to a user who searches for book information from a remote place via a network.
[0010]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application No. 8-314956 [Patent Document 2]
JP, 2002-149662, A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the technique of Patent Literature 1, a great deal of labor is required to prepare a classification number related file that holds contents corresponding to the classification numbers.
In addition, in the technique of Patent Document 2, it takes a lot of time, labor, and cost to shoot video data taken close-up so that a user can recognize the design or characters on the cover or spine of each book stored on the bookcase. It becomes. In addition, when books are newly placed or disposed of, new video data must be created.
[0012]
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and by using a classification number and a call number that are always assigned to a library book, no special work is required. A library information retrieval system that provides the same benefits to users in remote locations as actually visiting the library and looking at the bookshelf, a program for realizing the functions of the library information retrieval system, and a program for implementing the program. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recorded computer-readable recording medium.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a book information search system according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a book information database storing book information including book classification number information for each book held by the book information search system. A search unit that searches the book information database in response to a request to obtain corresponding book information; and a list display unit that displays the book information of the search result in a list format, wherein the search unit displays the list information. Is designated, the books having the same classification number are searched, and the list display means displays the list information of the search result.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the book information search system according to the first aspect, when a book in the list is specified, the search unit searches for the same classification number as the specified book. When the number of results does not reach the predetermined number, the target classification number is expanded to adjacent classification numbers until the predetermined number is reached.
[0014]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the book information search system according to the second aspect, when the search unit expands the target classification number to a close classification number, the search unit may search for a different classification number of a large classification. It is characterized by being outside.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the book information search system according to the first, second, or third aspect, the list display means sorts the list information of the search result books in the order of request symbols. It is characterized by.
[0015]
A program according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to function as the book information search system according to the first, second, third, or fourth aspect.
A recording medium according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to the fifth aspect is recorded.
[0016]
With the above configuration, the library books always use the assigned classification number and call number, so that no special work is required, and even for users in remote locations, It can offer the same benefits as going to the shelves and looking at them.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a book information search system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, the present invention will be described using an example applied to a case where book information arranged on a book shelf of a library is provided. The present invention can be similarly applied to the case of providing information on an arbitrary product classified on the shelf and arranged on the shelf.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a book information search system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the book information search system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of user terminals 20 and a book. The information search server 10 is communicably connected via a network 30 such as the Internet or an intranet.
[0019]
In such a configuration, the book information search server 10 searches for books held in a library that matches the search conditions from the user terminal 20, and displays a list of the search results. The user designates a book from the list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20 as appropriate, inquires the book information search server 10 for detailed information, and confirms the content.
When the user does not find a desired book by this confirmation operation, the book information search server 10 searches for a book having a classification similar to the classification of the selected book (for example, a higher classification of the classification), A list in which the search results are sorted in the order of the billing symbols is displayed on the user terminal 20.
Here, books with similar classifications are located close to each other when placed on the bookshelf. By looking at a list of similar books, the environment is equivalent to actually visiting the library to the user. Can be provided.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the book information search server 10 shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the book information search server 10 includes a search condition input unit 11, a search unit 12, a book information It includes a database (DB) 13, a list display means 14, and a book information display means 15.
[0021]
When the user wants to search for a desired book from the book information stored in this way, when the user terminal 20 calls the book information search server 10, the search condition input means 11 is activated, and for example, as shown in FIG. The search condition input screen is transmitted to the user terminal 20.
When the user inputs a predetermined condition on a search condition input screen displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20 and presses a search button, the input search condition is returned to the search condition input unit 11.
[0022]
The book information search server 10 activates the search means 12, searches the book information DB 13 based on the transmitted search condition, and creates a search result that matches the condition.
The book information DB 13 stores information on each book placed on each shelf in the library, that is, information on all books held in the library. As shown in FIG. 3, this information includes at least a material ID for uniquely identifying each book and bibliographic items of each book (eg, title, author, publisher, publication year, publication year, classification number). , A request symbol, etc.).
[0023]
Subsequently, the book information search server 10 activates the list display means 14, converts the search result into a list, and transmits the list to the user terminal 20.
The user terminal 20 displays on the screen a list including the received title, author name, publisher, year of publication, and the like.
The user requests the book information search server 10 to transmit the information of the book appropriately selected from the displayed list.
The book information search server 10 activates the book information display means 15 in response to the request, extracts the book information of the requested book from the book information DB 13, and returns it to the user terminal 20.
[0024]
The user terminal 20 displays the received book information on the screen in a format as shown in FIG. The user determines a desired book in consideration of the displayed book information and the previously displayed list display.
Here, when the user displays the book information and wants to see another book placed on the bookshelf in proximity to the book, the user presses the "view surrounding books" button.
When this button is pressed, the classification number of this book is transmitted to the book information search server 10, and the search means 12 is activated.
The search unit 12 searches the book information DB 13 for books having the same classification number as the classification number transmitted from the user terminal 20. The list display means 14 returns to the user terminal 20 a list in which the search results are sorted in the order of the billing symbols.
[0025]
The user terminal 20 receives this list, and displays search results by book title, editor's name, publisher, year of publication, volume, etc., as shown in FIG.
When displayed in this way, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to know from a remote place what kind of book is placed close to the specified search book.
[0026]
Hereinafter, a modified example of the above-described embodiment will be described.
In the above-described embodiment, when the book information is displayed, and when the user wants to see another book placed on the bookshelf close to the book and presses the “see surrounding books” button, the search means 12 Searched for books with the same classification number.
However, when the number of books having the same classification number as the specified book is small, the classification numbers of the books arranged in close proximity are not the same.
In this modification, not only the same classification number but also a classification number close to this classification number is searched until a predetermined number of search results are obtained, and the library is actually visited. You can get the same effect as looking at the bookshelf.
[0027]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the book information search server according to the present modification. As shown in FIG. 7, the book information search server 10 includes a search condition input unit 11, a search unit 12, a book information database ( DB) 13, a list display unit 14, a book information display unit 15, and a high-level classification determination unit 16.
Among these components, those having the same functions as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only the differences between the functions will be described.
[0028]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the search unit 12 in the present modification. The search unit 12 and the higher-level classification determination unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the class number of the book received from the user terminal 20 is stored in the memory C, and the minimum number of search results is stored in the memory MIN (step S1).
[0029]
A book belonging to the classification number stored in the memory C is searched from the book information DB 13 (step S2).
The above-mentioned “belongs to the classification number” means that the lower-level classification included in this number classification is included. For example, if the classification number stored in the memory C is the classification of the secondary classification, A search including the tertiary section and its sub-items is performed. If the classification of the memory C is the classification number of the tertiary division, a search including lower-order details is performed. For example, if C = 62, “620, 621,..., 629” and all of these items, including these sub-items, are searched.
If C = 627.7, all “627.70 to 627.79” are to be searched.
[0030]
If the number of search results is greater than the minimum number of displayed items (MIN) (YES in step S3), the search is terminated.
The list display means 14 sorts the search results in the order of billing symbols and returns them to the user terminal 20.
[0031]
On the other hand, when the number of search results is less than the minimum display number (MIN) (NO in step S3), when the classification number stored in the memory C is the major classification (primary classification) (YES in step S4). , End the search.
However, if the classification number stored in the memory C is not a large classification (primary classification) (NO in step S4), a higher-level classification number is determined, stored in the memory C (step S5), and returns to step S2. .
[0032]
Since the classification numbers are classified into decimals as described above, a higher-order classification number can be obtained by deleting the last digit of the given classification number.
For example, referring to FIG. 9 (A), the higher classification of the classification number “627.77” of “rose” is “627.7 (viewing flowering tree)”, and the higher classification is “627 (flower gardening). (Flowers)) ".
The search for the upper class number stops when the highest class number (primary class) is reached. In the case of this “rose (627.77)”, it stops when it reaches “6 (industry)”.
The higher classification number of “628.3 (jam)” in FIG. 9B is “628 (horticultural use)”, and the higher classification number is “62 (horticulture)”, which is the highest rank. The classification is also “6 (industry)”.
[0033]
As described above, when the search result is small, the library also displays the search result of the classification number close to the specified classification number based on the classification number rule, so that the library can be actually provided to the user at a remote place. It can offer the same benefits as going to the shelves and looking at them.
[0034]
Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to only the above-described embodiments. Each function of the book information search system of the above-described embodiment is programmed and written in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM in advance, and the CD-ROM is mounted with a medium drive device such as a CD-ROM drive. It goes without saying that the objects of the present invention can be achieved by installing these programs in a computer, storing these programs in a memory or a storage device of the computer, and executing the programs.
In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the program and the recording medium on which the program is recorded also constitute the present invention.
[0035]
As a recording medium, a semiconductor medium (for example, ROM, nonvolatile memory card, etc.), an optical medium (for example, DVD, MO, MD, CD-R, etc.), a magnetic medium (for example, magnetic tape, flexible disk, etc.), etc. Any of these may be used.
[0036]
Further, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by executing the loaded program, but also the operating system or the like performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the processing performs the processing described above. The case where the functions of the embodiments described above are realized is also included.
[0037]
When the above-described program is stored in a storage device such as a magnetic disk of a server computer and distributed in a form such as download from a user computer connected via a communication network such as the Internet, the storage device of the server computer Are also included in the recording medium of the present invention.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, by using a classification number and a call number that are always assigned to a library book, a user who is in a remote place can be used without requiring special work. Can offer the same benefits as actually going to a library and looking at the bookshelf.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a book information search system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a book information search server according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a data structure of a book information DB.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a search condition input screen.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying book information.
FIG. 6 is a display example of a search list executed by a “view surrounding books” button.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a book information search server according to a modified example.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a search unit and a high-level classification determination unit according to a modification;
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a higher classification number of a classification number.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the system of the Japan Decimal Classification Table (NDC).
FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining how books are laid out;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Book information search server, 11 ... Search condition input means, 12 ... Search means, 13 ... Book information database (DB), 14 ... List display means, 15 ... Book information display means, 16 ... Higher-level classification determination means, 20 ... User terminal, 30 ... network.

Claims (6)

A book information database that stores book information including book classification number information for each book held, and a search unit that searches the book information database in response to a search request from a user to obtain the corresponding book information; List display means for displaying book information of the search result in a list format, wherein the search means searches for books having the same classification number when a book in the list display is designated, and displays the list The book information search system, wherein the means displays list information of the search results. 2. The book information search system according to claim 1, wherein, when a book in the list display is specified, the search unit does not reach a predetermined number of search results having the same classification number as the specified book. A book information search system, wherein a target classification number is expanded to adjacent classification numbers until the predetermined number is reached. 3. The book information search system according to claim 2, wherein the search unit excludes a different classification number of a large classification when expanding the target classification number to a close classification number. Search system. 4. The book information search system according to claim 1, wherein the list display means sorts the list information of the books as a search result in the order of request symbols. A program for causing a computer to function as the book information search system according to claim 1. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 5 is recorded.

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