JP5888059B2 - Book management program and book management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a book management apparatus.

  In order to improve convenience for users, the library provides a service for notifying users of reservation guidance for books newly received in the library. The reservation guide service has been conventionally performed by the “Selective Dissociation of Information” technology (hereinafter, SDI technology).

  In the SDI technology, when a request for providing information related to an item is registered by the user, the information is presented to the user every time information related to the item is detected. When applying SDI technology in a library, if a user registers in advance a search condition such as a keyword that the user is interested in in the library system, when a book that meets the search condition is received in the library, the library The system notifies the user of the arrival of the book. For example, if the user has previously registered the book title “XXX” in the system, when the library newly receives the latest volume of “XXX”, the user is notified of that. The

  Further, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1 as a technique for providing guide information of a book to the user even when the search condition is not registered by the user. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, when a new series of books is registered in the product information database, the system searches the purchase history of the user, and the user has purchased a book of the same series as the book, And it is determined whether the book has not been purchased yet. Then, only when the result of the determination is true, providing the user with the guide information for the book can reduce the labor required for the user.

JP 2006-185149 A

  However, when notifying the user of guidance information using SDI technology, the user needs to input search conditions in the system in advance. In addition, when the SDI technology is used, the system notifies the user of the guide information of any book as long as it matches the search condition input by the user, and the user is not interested. There is a problem of providing guide information for books.

  Unlike bookstores and shop sites, the library lends books, so users can easily test out various types of books. Therefore, there are more cases where a certain volume of a series is read but the preference is not satisfied, and the reading of the other volume is canceled, compared to the case where a book is purchased at a bookstore or the like.

  Therefore, if the latest volume of guide information is provided to all users who have purchased a book of the series as in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is possible for users who are not interested in the book of the series. In contrast, guidance information is provided, and there is a concern that the user may feel uncomfortable.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide guide information of the latest volume only to users who are interested in the latest volume when the latest volume of a series of books is received in a library.

In order to achieve the above object, the book management program according to the present invention is a user whose usage history indicating that a book of the series to which the first book determined to be the latest volume belongs is stored in the storage unit. And an evaluation value based on a usage history of the series of books stored in the storage unit is identified as a user that satisfies a criterion selected as a transmission target of guidance information of the first book,
When the guide information of the first book is transmitted to the specified user, based on the usage history, in the series, among the volume numbers with the history borrowed by the specified user, the largest number A computer is caused to execute a process of transmitting information including both information for specifying the next volume of the number and information for specifying the first book .

  When the latest volume of a book of the series is received in the library, the guide information of the latest volume can be provided only to users who are interested in the latest volume.

The figure for demonstrating the system configuration | structure of a library management system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a book management apparatus 100. The functional block diagram showing the functional structural example of the book management apparatus 100 concerning this invention. The example of the table information stored in collection DB114. An example of table information stored in the usage history DB 115. The example of the table information stored in contact information DB116. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the book management apparatus 100. An example of table information indicating how many volumes each user has borrowed from the series. An example of a guide mail transmitted by the book management apparatus 100.

  Exemplary embodiments of a book management apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a book already held by the library (a book other than the latest volume) is referred to as a “collection”. A series of books composed of a plurality of volumes are collectively referred to as a “series”, and a book that is one of the series is referred to as a “series book”.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration of a book management system including a book management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the book management system includes an arrival information terminal 1, library terminals 11, 12 and 13, user terminals 21, 22 and 23, and a book management apparatus 100. In addition, the arrival information terminal 1, the library terminals 11, 12, and 13 and the book management apparatus 100 are connected via a network 0 in a state where they can communicate with each other. Furthermore, the book management apparatus 100 can transmit information to the user terminals 21, 22, and 23 by e-mail or the like.

  The arrival information terminal 1 is a terminal through which information relating to the book is input by a supplier who delivers the book when the book is received in the library. Here, the arrival information terminal 1 may be a computer having a communication function, including a PC (Personal Computer), a smartphone, and the like. The information about the book includes, for example, information identifying the book such as an ID and a book name unique to each book, and information identifying a series to which the book belongs, such as an ID unique to each series and a series name, for example. Any information can be used as long as it is included.

  The library terminals 11, 12, and 13 are terminals through which library staff and the like input usage history information of users of the library and contact information of the users. Here, the library terminals 11, 12, and 13 may be computers having a communication function, including PCs and smartphones. The usage history information includes, for example, information identifying a user such as an ID unique to each user and a user's name, and information identifying a book borrowed by the user such as an ID unique to each book and a book name. Any information can be used as long as it is included. The user contact information is information including information for specifying the user and information for specifying the contact information of the user. Further, the user contact information may be directly input by the user.

  The user terminals 21, 22, and 23 are terminals in which a user who uses a library receives book guide information from the library management apparatus 100 of the library. Here, the user terminals 21, 22, and 23 may be computers having communication functions, including PCs and smartphones. The guide information may be any information as long as it is information for promoting the rental of the book by the user, such as a book reservation start date.

  In FIG. 1, one arrival information terminal, three library terminals, and three user terminals are illustrated, but in reality, one or more arrival information terminals, library terminals, and user terminals are arranged. Any number of units can be used.

  The book management apparatus 100 is a computer that transmits guide information of the latest volume to a user terminal of a user who is interested in the latest volume when the latest volume of the series is received in the library. (Database is abbreviated as DB) 114, usage history information DB 115, and contact information DB 116. When a book is received in the library, the book management apparatus 100 acquires information related to the book input to the arrival information terminal 1 via the network 0. When the book is the latest volume of the series, the apparatus selects a user who is interested in the latest volume based on the information and transmits the latest volume guide information to the contact information of the users. .

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the book management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, the book management apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) 102, an input port 103, a transmission interface 104, a transmitter 105, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 106. And having. Further, the CPU 101, the HDD 102, the input port 103, the transmission interface 104, and the RAM 106 are electrically connected to each other by a bus 107, and the transmitter 105 is connected to the transmission interface 104.

  Here, the CPU 101 is a calculation unit that controls the entire book management apparatus 100. The HDD 102 stores a program for operating the book management apparatus 100, data necessary for operating the program, a collection DB 114, a usage history information DB 115, and a contact information DB 116. The input port 103 is an interface for the book management apparatus 100 to acquire data from another terminal, and is connected to the other terminal via the network 0. The transmission interface 104 is an interface that connects the transmitter 105 and the bus 107, and the transmitter 105 transmits the guide information of the book to the user. The RAM 106 is a storage unit used as a work area for the CPU 101.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the book management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. 3, the book management apparatus 100 includes a first acquisition unit 108, a second acquisition unit 109, a first processing unit 110, a second processing unit 111, a third processing unit 112, a transmission unit 113, The collection DB 114, the usage history information DB 115, the contact information DB 116, and the update unit 117 are included.

  Specifically, the book management apparatus 100 realizes the functions of the first acquisition unit 108 and the second acquisition unit 109 by the input port 103 illustrated in FIG. 2 and the function of the transmission unit 113 by the transmitter 105, for example. Further, the book management apparatus 100 realizes the function of each DB by the RAM 102 or the HDD 102 or the RAM 106. The book management apparatus 100 implements the functions of other functional blocks by causing the CPU 101 to execute a program stored in the HDD 102 shown in FIG. 2, for example.

  The first acquisition unit 108 has a function of acquiring information related to books from the arrival information terminal 1 via the network 0. In the present embodiment, as the information about the book, a book ID such as ISBN (International Standard Book Number) that can identify the book and a series ID that has a unique value for each series and that can identify the series are used. Describe the case. Note that the information related to the book may be any information as long as it includes information that identifies the book and information that identifies the series to which the book belongs.

  The second acquisition unit 109 has a function of acquiring library user usage history information and contact information of the user from the library terminals 11 to 13 via the network 0. In the following description, a case where a unique value is assigned to each user as the usage history information and a user ID that can identify the user and a book ID of a book borrowed by the user will be described. In the following description, a case where a user ID and a mail address of the user are used as contact information will be described. Note that the usage history information may be any information as long as it includes information that identifies a user and information that identifies a book borrowed by the user. Furthermore, the contact information may be any information as long as it includes information that identifies the user and information that identifies the contact information of the user.

  The first processing unit 110 refers to the information acquired by the first acquisition unit 108 and the collection DB 114, and when the newly received book is the latest volume of the series, outputs the already-booked book ID of the series. It has the function to do. Furthermore, the 1st process part 110 has a function which memorize | stores the information which the 1st acquisition part 108 acquired in collection DB114.

  The second processing unit 111 refers to the already-booked book ID of the series and the usage history information DB 115 output by the first processing unit, and the user ID of a user who is highly interested in the latest volume of the series. Has a function of outputting.

  The third processing unit 112 specifies the contact information of the user with reference to the user ID of the user who is interested in the latest volume of the series and the contact information DB 116 output from the second processing unit. It has a function to output information. In the following description, a case where the user's mail address is used as information for specifying the user's contact information will be described. However, in practice, any information may be used as long as the information specifies the contact information of the user.

The transmission unit 113 has a function of transmitting a guide mail describing the latest volume guide information of the series to the user's mail address output from the third processing unit 112. The guide information is information for promoting the lending of the latest volume of the user, such as the start date of lending of the latest volume, and can be arbitrarily set by the staff of the library.
[Configuration of each DB]
FIG. 4 is an example of the collection DB 114. The collection DB 114 stores a book ID of each collection in the library, a volume number of the collection, and a series ID of the collection in association with each other. However, when the book ID is capable of specifying the volume number of each collection such as ISBN, the volume number of each collection may not be stored in the collection DB 114. The book ID used in can identify the volume number of each collection. Further, the series ID may be attached to all books or only to the books in the series. However, in the following description, the series ID is described as being attached to all books.

  FIG. 5 is an example of the usage history DB 115. The usage history information DB 115 stores the user ID of each user and the book ID of the book borrowed by the user in association with each other. For example, in FIG. 5, the user represented by the user ID “A” has book IDs “1”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “11”, “12”, “14”. It is shown that you have borrowed a book represented by In the usage history DB 115, when a user borrows a book, information including the user ID of the user and the book borrowed by the user is newly stored by a library staff or the like via a library terminal.

  FIG. 6 is an example of the contact information DB 116. In the contact information DB 116, the user ID of each user and the contact information of the user are stored in association with each other. In the contact information DB 116, information including the user ID of the user and the contact information of the user is newly stored via the library terminal by the library staff or the user himself / herself. As described above, in this embodiment, a case where an e-mail address is used as a contact address will be described.

The update unit 117 has a function of storing the usage history information acquired by the second acquisition unit 109 in the usage history information DB 115, and a function of storing the contact information acquired by the second acquisition unit 109 in the contact information DB 116. Have
[Operation procedure of the book management apparatus 100]
Here, an operation procedure of the book management apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the book management processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In the flowchart of FIG. 7, first, the first acquisition unit 108 acquires, from the arrival information terminal 1, a book ID of a book newly received in the library and a series ID of the book (step S1).

  Next, the first processing unit 110 refers to the collection DB 114 and obtains the book ID of the collection having the same series ID as the series ID acquired by the first acquisition unit 108 and the book ID acquired by the first acquisition unit 108. By comparing, it is determined whether or not the book newly received in the library is the latest volume of the series (step S2).

  For example, in FIG. 4, when the book ID of a book newly received in the library is “17” and the series ID is “XXXXX”, the first processing unit 110 sets the series ID “XXXXXX”. The book IDs “11”, “12”, “13”, “14”, “15”, and “16” of the book having “” are extracted from the book DB 114. Then, the first processing unit 110 specifies the volume numbers specified from the book ID “17” from the book IDs “11”, “12”, “13”, “14”, “15”, and “16”, respectively. Determine whether the volume number is newer. As an example of another determination method, if the book ID of a newly received book of a certain series does not match any of the book IDs of the book of the series stored in the collection DB, the newly received book There is a method of determining that a book is the latest volume of the series. Of course, it may be determined whether or not a newly received book is the latest volume by another determination method.

  When the book is the latest volume (step S2: Yes), the first processing unit 110 outputs a book ID of a collection having the same series ID as the series ID acquired by the first acquisition unit 108 (step S3). That is, in the above example, the first processing unit 110 outputs the book IDs “11”, “12”, “13”, “14”, “15”, and “16”. Then, the first processing unit 110 newly stores the book ID and series ID acquired by the first acquisition unit 108 in the collection DB 114 (step S4). When the book is not the latest volume (step S2: No), the first processing unit 110 ends the process after performing the process of step S4. In the following description, it is assumed that the volume number of the book newly received in the library is “7 volumes”, and that the library collection contains “1 volume” to “6 volumes”.

  Next, the second processing unit 111 refers to the usage history information DB and extracts a user ID of a user who has borrowed a book corresponding to the book ID output by the first processing unit in step S3 (step S3). S5). Specifically, the second processing unit 111 extracts the user ID of the user who has borrowed a book corresponding to the series ID of the newly received book from the usage history information DB 115. For example, in FIG. 5, when the book IDs of the collections output by the first processing unit 110 are “11”, “12”, “13”, “14”, “15”, and “16”, the second processing The unit 111 extracts user IDs “A”, “C”, “D”, “E”, “G”, “H”, and “K” having any one or more of these book IDs. .

  Further, the second processing unit 111 generates table information indicating how many volumes of the series “XXX” are borrowed by the user extracted in step S5 based on the volume number specified from the book ID. (Step S6). FIG. 8 is an example of the table information. In FIG. 8, the user ID of each user is associated with the volume number of the collection of the series “XXX” borrowed by the user. For example, the user with the user ID “A” "" Volume 2 "and" Volume 4 "are borrowed.

  Next, based on the table information of FIG. 8, the second processing unit 111 selects a user to whom the latest volume guidance information is to be transmitted, and outputs the user ID of the user (step S7). Here, a specific selection algorithm in step S7 will be described. First, the second processing unit 111 selects a user who borrows the previous volume (six volumes in the description of the present invention) of the latest volume as a guide mail transmission target. Specifically, the second processing unit 111 selects a user with user IDs “C” and “K” who has borrowed six volumes as a target for sending a guide mail. That is, the user who borrowed six volumes can be considered to have the maximum evaluation value described later.

  FIG. 9 is an example of a guide mail that the book management apparatus 100 transmits to the user terminal. In FIG. 9, the guide mail displays information including the arrival of the latest volume of the series “XXXXX” (7 volumes in the description of the present invention) and the reservation start date of the latest volume. . Of course, any information other than the above information may be displayed in the guidance mail as long as it is information for urging the user to lend the latest volume.

  Next, the second processing unit 111 calculates an evaluation value, which is a total value of volume numbers of collections of the series “XXX” borrowed by each user, for unselected users. For example, since the user with the user ID “A” borrows “Volume 1”, “Volume 2”, and “Volume 4”, the evaluation value is 7 points, which is the sum of 1 + 2 + 4. Then, the second processing unit 111 uses the average value of the evaluation values of each user as a threshold value, and further selects a user who has an evaluation value that exceeds the threshold value as a guide mail transmission target. Note that the evaluation value does not necessarily have to be the total value of the volume numbers, and any evaluation value may be used as long as a book with a large volume number is borrowed.

  Specifically, since the average value of the evaluation values is “6.6”, the second processing unit 111 selects the users with user IDs “A”, “E”, and “H” that have evaluation values that are higher than that value. , Further elected as a target for sending the guide mail. Note that the threshold value does not necessarily have to be an average value of evaluation values, and can be arbitrarily set by library staff and the like, and does not limit the scope of rights of the present invention. For example, a value obtained by subtracting the average value of the evaluation values from the total number (15 in this embodiment) of the winding numbers other than the existing latest volume (1 to 5 in this embodiment) as the threshold may be used. Since the evaluation value of a popular series that is read by many users can be expected to increase, the book management apparatus 100 uses the threshold value such that the higher the average evaluation value is, the lower the value becomes. Book guide information can be transmitted to many users.

  The reason why the recipient of the guide mail is selected by the algorithm that preferentially uses the user who borrows the new volume, particularly the volume immediately before the latest volume, is that the present invention uses the old volume in the series of books. This is because it is assumed that few users read only new volumes without reading. That is, it is assumed that the user who reads the new volume has read the old volume in some form before that.

  For example, the user ID “C” borrows only 6 volumes in the library loan history, but it is unlikely that only 6 volumes will be read. It is thought that he is reading Volume 5. Therefore, I have read all the volumes that have been released so far, and can be judged to be highly interested in the books in the series “XXXXX”. Similarly, since a user who has borrowed a book with a large volume number can determine that he / she has read at least the volume, the evaluation value of the user who borrowed a book with a large volume number is increased. .

  Considering that a library is a public property and does not need to be profit-oriented like a bookstore, the library management device 100 notifies all users who borrow a part of a newly received book series. Without carefully selecting a user who seems to be interested in the book. The book management apparatus 100 can reliably exclude a user who is not interested in the latest volume of the series “XXXXX” from the transmission target of the guidance mail by selecting the transmission target of the guidance mail by the algorithm. It becomes possible to prevent useless mail transmission.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart of FIG. 7, the third processing unit 112 refers to the contact information DB, extracts the email address corresponding to the user ID output from the second processing unit 111, and then sends the email address Is output (step S8). For example, in FIG. 6, the third processing unit 112 has e-mail addresses “˜˜” corresponding to the user IDs “A”, “C”, “E”, “H”, and “K” output from the second processing unit 111. ~ @ *** "," ~ == @ * ++ * "," ~; = @ *** + "," # ~~ @ * $$ "and" ~ # + @ * ++ ", respectively, Output these email addresses.

  Then, the transmission unit 113 transmits the latest volume guide mail of the series “XXXXX” to the contact specified by the mail address output from the third processing unit, and a series of processing in the book management apparatus 100 Is finished (step S9).

  As described above, according to the book management apparatus 100 according to the present invention, when a book newly received in the library is the latest volume of the series, for each user who has borrowed the collection of the series, The evaluation value based on the volume number of the collection of series is calculated. Then, based on the evaluation value, a user who can be determined to be interested in the book of the series is selected, and the latest volume guide information of the series is transmitted to the user. Thereby, the number of users who receive unnecessary information can be reduced.

  In addition, so far, when the book newly received in the library is the latest volume of the series, it has been explained that the guide information of the latest volume of the series is transmitted to the user. It is not necessary to send only the guide information. For example, the book management apparatus 100 transmits, to the user selected as interested in the series, guidance information for the next volume after the last borrowed volume in addition to the latest volume guidance information. be able to. Thereby, possibility that the guidance information of the volume which the user wants to read can be transmitted can be increased.

  The table information stored in the history information DB 115 further includes information specifying the date and time when the user borrowed the book, and the book management apparatus 100 determines the evaluation value based on the period when the book was borrowed. May be. For example, the book management apparatus 100 can also lower the evaluation value for a user who has passed since the last book of the series was borrowed. This is because it is possible to estimate that the user is not interested in the series when the period during which the user is not borrowed is long. In addition, in the case of a user who borrows a series of books continuously for a short period of time, it can be determined that he / she is interested in the series. Therefore, the book management apparatus 100 gives an evaluation value to the borrower. You may make it high.

  In addition, the case where the latest volume of the series is received and the guide information of the latest volume is transmitted has been described so far, but when the arrival of the latest volume can be predicted in advance, the book management apparatus 100 The guide information may be transmitted before the latest volume is received. Specifically, the book management apparatus 100 calculates the evaluation value for each user who has borrowed a book of the series before the latest volume of the series is received, and selects based on the evaluation value. The latest volume guide information may be preferentially transmitted to the user who has been sent. Accordingly, a user who wants to read the latest volume of the series can borrow the latest volume preferentially.

  Further, the book management apparatus 100 has been described so far as the guide information is transmitted to the user once. However, even if the guide information is actually transmitted a plurality of times, the guide information is transmitted for each user. The number of times may be changed. Specifically, the book management apparatus 100 may increase the number of times the guide information is transmitted as the user with the higher evaluation value. Thereby, it can suppress that the user who wants to read the book of the said series forgets the reservation start date of this book.

  Further, the book management apparatus 100 has been described as being a single computer so far, but actually, the function of the book management apparatus 100 is realized by a plurality of computers connected to each other. It doesn't matter.

0 network 1 arrival information terminal 11 library terminal 12 library terminal 13 library terminal 21 user terminal 22 user terminal 23 user terminal 100 book management apparatus 101 CPU
102 HDD
103 Input port 104 Transmission interface 105 Transmitter 106 RAM
107 Bus 108 First acquisition unit 109 Second acquisition unit 110 First processing unit 111 Second processing unit 112 Third processing unit 113 Transmission unit 114 Collection database 115 Usage history information database 116 Contact information database 117 Update unit

Claims (6)

The usage history indicating that the book of the series to which the first book determined to be the latest volume belongs is stored in the storage unit, and the usage history of the series of books stored in the storage unit A user who satisfies a criterion whose evaluation value is selected as a transmission target of guidance information of the first book,
When the guide information of the first book is transmitted to the specified user, based on the usage history, in the series, among the volume numbers with the history borrowed by the specified user, the largest number Transmitting information including both information specifying the next volume of the number and information specifying the first book;
A book management program which causes a computer to execute processing . The book management program according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation value is calculated according to a volume number assigned to a book belonging to the series having a history borrowed by the identified user . The book management program according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation value is calculated according to a date and time when a book belonging to the series having a history of borrowing by the identified user is borrowed . A user whose usage history indicating that the book of the series to which the first book determined to be the latest volume belongs is stored in the storage unit is identified;
Based on the usage history stored in the storage unit, among the books belonging to the series, add the volume number of each book storing the history borrowed by the specified user,
When the total value obtained by the addition exceeds a predetermined reference value, the guide information related to the first book is transmitted to the specified user.
A book management program which causes a computer to execute processing . The usage history indicating that the book of the series to which the first book determined to be the latest volume belongs is stored in the storage unit, and the usage history of the series of books stored in the storage unit A user who satisfies a criterion whose evaluation value is selected as a transmission target of guidance information of the first book,
When the guide information of the first book is transmitted to the specified user, based on the usage history, in the series, among the volume numbers with the history borrowed by the specified user, the largest number Transmitting information including both information specifying the next volume of the number and information specifying the first book;
A book management method characterized by causing a computer to execute processing . A user whose usage history indicating that the book of the series to which the first book determined to be the latest volume belongs is stored in the storage unit is identified;
Based on the usage history stored in the storage unit, among the books belonging to the series, add the volume number of each book storing the history borrowed by the specified user,
When the total value obtained by the addition exceeds a predetermined reference value, the guide information related to the first book is transmitted to the specified user.
A book management method characterized by causing a computer to execute processing .

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