Collection-level analysis tools for books online

Abstract

Efforts to develop ebook-based functionality have focused thusfar on the individual artifact--the hardware and software reader--and on promoting user engagement with the page by supporting annotation, clipping, and navigation. In this position paper, I will discuss collection-level analytic functionality that will take advantage of the characteristics of online bodies of literature. This functionality includes (1) wisdom-of-crowds tools; (2) analytic tools for gathering; and (3) form- and function-based discovery tools.