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Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Domain of Digital Libraries

디지털도서관 분야의 학제적 공동연구 분석에 관한 연구

  • Chung, Eun-Kyung (Department of Library and Information Science, Ewha Womans University)
  • Received : 2011.05.15
  • Accepted : 2011.06.03
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

The domain of digital libraries is one of interdisciplinary fields since it contains various aspects of digital libraries. The main findings of digital library interdisciplinarity have been discussed in terms of contents, management and infrastructural technologies within the field of library and information science. The purpose of this study is to identify and widen the interdisciplinary structure of digital library domain by analyzing the collaborations from different disciplines. With 1,394 research articles of digital libraries from 1997 to 2010, the analysis of collaborations of authors from various disciplines was conducted. The results identified that three subject areas of authors such as Information science and library science, Computer science and Engineering were found as the centers to collaborate with various disciplines. In addition, sub-domains of digital library were recognized in terms of core digital library area, natural science area, medical related area and biology and medical area. The findings of this study depict the domain of digital libraries as a variety of subject areas since digital library domain is characterized with both research and practices.

디지털도서관 분야는 컨텐츠, 운영, 기반 기술 관련하여 다양한 분야를 포함하고 있는 학제적 학문분야 중 하나로 여겨진다. 이 연구의 목적은 기존의 문헌정보학 범주 내에서 파악되었던 디지털도서관의 하위분야 규명을 넘어서 다양한 학문 분야에서 다루고 있는 디지털도서관을 학제적 공동연구의 관점에서 분석하고자 하였다. 1997년부터 2010년까지 게재된 디지털도서관 주제의 논문 1,394편을 대상으로 다양한 분야의 공동저자 분석을 수행하였다. 그 분석결과 문헌정보학, 컴퓨터학, 공학 분야가 공동연구의 중심 역할을 수행하였음을 밝혔다. 또한 디지털도서관의 세부영역은 핵심디지털도서관영역, 자연과학영역, 의학관련 영역, 생물학 및 의학영역으로 파악되었다. 이러한 결과는 디지털도서관은 다양한 학문 분야에서 다루고 있으며, 이론중심의 연구뿐만 아니라 구축과 운영과 관련된 실무 영역이 함께 발전된 특징을 지니고 있기 때문인 것으로 파악되었다.

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