隨著現代科技進步的發展，智慧型裝置的應用也逐漸普及，幾乎所有人都能透過GPS導航至目的地，這樣的方式若應用在室內圖書館內尋找書籍，勢必能提升使用者的尋書效率。儘管現代大部分的圖書館都有提供線上尋書系統進行書籍索書號與位置的查詢，但是要在大型圖書館中尋找到一本書從來就不是一件容易的事情，近年來iBeacon技術的應用逐漸普及，以及和其他技術相較之下成本較為合理，或許應用在圖書館內進行導航尋書是有所幫助的，因此本論文的目的為開發一套基於iBeacon的室內尋書APP，名為BookFinder，結合圖書館的室內地圖進行導航，提供使用者一個更方便、更有效率的尋書方式。
為了瞭解使用者對於使用BookFinder的使用態度，因此本研究將透過實驗進行檢測，實驗內容為邀請30位受試者實際使用BookFinder在圖書館內尋找書籍，並透過科技接受模式 (Technology Acceptance Model, TAM)問卷分析BookFinder的應用是否可滿足使用者的需求。實驗與問卷顯示，多數使用者對本系統表示有幫助；獨立樣本T檢定的結果顯示性別在不同構面問題的回覆上並無顯著差異；信度分析的結果顯示本研究之問卷題目分析為高信度的結果。
整體而言，透過實驗與問卷結果的分析，顯示BookFinder可以有效率的幫助使用者尋找書籍。
With the development of modern science and technology, the application of smart devices is becoming more and more popular. Almost everyone can navigate to the destination through GPS. If such a method is applied in an indoor library, it must improve the efficiency of users in finding books. Although most of the libraries have provided the online book-finding system to search the call number and the locations of the books, finding a book in a large library is never an easy job. The application of iBeacon technology is getting popular gradually in recent years, and the cost is reasonable compared with other technologies. Therefore, iBeacon may be helpful that be applied for navigation in the library. In this research, an indoor navigation Application based on iBeacon, named BookFinder, is designed and developed. By means of the indoor maps and built-in iBeacons, the system provides users with a more convenient and efficient way to find books.
In order to understand users’ attitudes, an experiment proceeds in the CCU library. There are 30 subjects invited to find a certain book in the library by means of BookFinder. All subjects are invited to conduct a post-experiment questionnaire survey and interview. The result shows most of the subjects agree BookFinder is useful in finding a book in the library and the Independent Sample T-test also reveals gender is not a significant factor in the study. However, several subjects do suggest that reading a floor plan is an issue that affects the result of "ease of use". Therefore, how to enhance the readability of the floor plan or indoor map might be very helpful for further study.
