Discovery Interface reflecting Class Number into Positional Markers on a Library Map

~Towards Constructive Understanding of Search Results~

Abstract

Recently, discovery interface provides various functions in order to select bibliographic items. This paper describes a discovery interface by reflecting class numbers into positional markers on a library map. The interface allows users to understand semantic relationships among bibliographic items behind search results. In this paper, we regard Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC) as semantic relationships. Users can take a panoramic view of semantic structure of search results because the interface indicates positions of items with class numbers on the library map.