Analyzing the patterns of and factors affecting public library users' behavior using a location Identification system

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To analyze the information-seeking behavior of public library users, an RFID location identification system was used to collect data on the time users spent in each zone and their traveling paths. The results showed that one third of library users stayed in the library for less than 30 minutes, whereas a few users stayed more than 120 minutes. Users spent about 80% of their time in the general book zone and less than 8% in the computer zone where they could access the internet and databases. It was confirmed that the method can gather sufficiently accurate data to explain library users' information-seeking behavior, which will be useful for future studies.