A long-tail inspired measure to assess resource use in information services

Kostagiolas, P.A., Korfiatis, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-4837 and Poulos, M. (2012) A long-tail inspired measure to assess resource use in information services. Library and Information Science Research, 34 (4). pp. 317-323. ISSN 0740-8188

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Abstract

A measure for the assessment of resource use in information services provides an application within the information services area of the . long tail concept. The analysis quantifies the long tail concept and is applicable to all libraries and information services, independent of their size and circulation properties. The paradigm of the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient from macroeconomics is adapted in the context of information services. The Gini coefficient examines the skewness of the Lorenz curve against an ideal cumulative distribution that is represented by a 45-degree line. In this context, the Lorenz curve depicts the cumulative percentage of collection items versus the number of loans and identifies the different levels of library resource use on the part of users by measuring how close the Gini coefficient is to the unity (i.e., the Gini of the 45-degree line is identified).

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Innovation, Technology and Operations Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2015 17:24
Last Modified:	19 Apr 2023 00:26
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51419
DOI:	10.1016/j.lisr.2012.05.002

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