A Study of University Library Book Budget Allocation – An Example of a University

• Main Authors: Chiao-Hui Lin, 林巧惠
• Other Authors: Ding-Tsair Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67330885441782492607

碩士 === 中華大學 === 科技管理研究所 === 94 === At present, the primary consideration factors of book budget allocation of university libraries are the number of teachers and students of individual department/institute, and the present budget allocation is usually made based on the weighted identity ratio. However, does this method effectively allocate the budget? Is the allocated budget of individual department/institute effectively utilized? This is an extremely important topic for libraries. This study employs the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to examine the book budget allocation standards of a university library and to find the most optimal allocation model for book budget allocation of the library. Furthermore, in order to achieve the best utilization of the budget of individual department/institute, this study also performs data mining on the book borrowing data from the database system to discovery the borrowing tendencies of the readers from different departments/institutes, provide valuable budget utilization references for various departments/institutes, and further enhance the effects of budget allocation and utilization.