Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries

Objective. The study investigated the effect of weather and day of the week on the daily circulation numbers in two public libraries in Japan. Method. Datasets on library circulation were collected from one library in an urban area, and another in a rural area. The data were then divided accordin...

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Main Authors: Sato, Sho, Harada, Takashi, Tatebe, Kanako, Izumi, Yui, Suemichi, Ayano, Inaba, Momoka
Other Authors: Doshisha University, Japan
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Published: 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1547492022-01-12T20:10:21Z Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries Sato, Sho Harada, Takashi Tatebe, Kanako Izumi, Yui Suemichi, Ayano Inaba, Momoka Doshisha University, Japan University of Tsukuba, Japan Library and information science Objective. The study investigated the effect of weather and day of the week on the daily circulation numbers in two public libraries in Japan. Method. Datasets on library circulation were collected from one library in an urban area, and another in a rural area. The data were then divided according to rainy day and other days, holiday and workday, and day of the week, and the presence or absence of significant differences in daily circulation was analyzed. Automatic linear modeling was performed to analyze the effect of weather, day of the week, and holiday on daily circulation. Results. The results revealed that day of the week have a considerable impact on daily circulation for both libraries. However, weather exerted a significant impact in the urban area only. Automatic linear modeling explained the daily circulation based on day of the week and holiday with an accuracy of 71.5% for the rural library, and explained the circulation numbers based on day of the week, holiday, and precipitation amount with an accuracy of 81% for the urban library. Published version This work was supported by JSPS grant KAKENHI JP 19H04428 and 16K16161. 2022-01-06T05:10:24Z 2022-01-06T05:10:24Z 2021 Journal Article Sato, S., Harada, T., Tatebe, K., Izumi, Y., Suemichi, A. & Inaba, M. (2021). Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries. Library and Information Science Research E-Journal, 31(1), 56-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LIBRES.2021.1.5 1058-6768 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154749 10.32655/LIBRES.2021.1.5 1 31 56 65 en Library and Information Science Research E-Journal © 2021 The Authors. All rights reserved. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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country Singapore
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topic Library and information science
spellingShingle Library and information science
Sato, Sho
Harada, Takashi
Tatebe, Kanako
Izumi, Yui
Suemichi, Ayano
Inaba, Momoka
Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
description Objective. The study investigated the effect of weather and day of the week on the daily circulation numbers in two public libraries in Japan. Method. Datasets on library circulation were collected from one library in an urban area, and another in a rural area. The data were then divided according to rainy day and other days, holiday and workday, and day of the week, and the presence or absence of significant differences in daily circulation was analyzed. Automatic linear modeling was performed to analyze the effect of weather, day of the week, and holiday on daily circulation. Results. The results revealed that day of the week have a considerable impact on daily circulation for both libraries. However, weather exerted a significant impact in the urban area only. Automatic linear modeling explained the daily circulation based on day of the week and holiday with an accuracy of 71.5% for the rural library, and explained the circulation numbers based on day of the week, holiday, and precipitation amount with an accuracy of 81% for the urban library.
author2 Doshisha University, Japan
author_facet Doshisha University, Japan
Sato, Sho
Harada, Takashi
Tatebe, Kanako
Izumi, Yui
Suemichi, Ayano
Inaba, Momoka
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author Sato, Sho
Harada, Takashi
Tatebe, Kanako
Izumi, Yui
Suemichi, Ayano
Inaba, Momoka
author_sort Sato, Sho
title Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
title_short Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
title_full Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
title_fullStr Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
title_full_unstemmed Effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
title_sort effect of weather and days of the week on number of daily circulation in public libraries
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