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A Study on Identity and Development Direction of Korean Library and Information Science: to Cope with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Decline in School Age Population

4차 산업혁명 시대 및 학령인구 급감에 대응하기 위한 국내 문헌정보학과의 정체성과 발전 방향 모색

  • 장로사 (중앙대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 노영희 (건국대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2020.04.11
  • Accepted : 2020.05.15
  • Published : 2020.05.31

Abstract

This study recognizes the need for Korean university society to have to prepare for the coming of the Fourth industrial revolution era and for rapid decline in the school-age population, and presents a diagnosis of the current situation of the department of domestic library and information science. To respond to such issues, it explores the identity of the department of library and information science, and the future development direction thereof. The findings of this study reveal as of February 2020 that 36 universities offer the department of library and information science, while 18 universities abolished the department. Further, compared to 2013, 2019 saw the number of the students enrolled and full-time faculty decline by 38.5% and 13.4%, respectively. Thus, the identity and future development direction of Korea's department of library and information science were examined by dividing the issue into 5 parts. Five proposals thus were presented: First, convergence education is required at the level of academic identity. Second, at the level of law and state, the department of library and information science, it should be guaranteed that the library and information science should be promoted and that the employment should be stabilized. Third, at the level of association, the social image of the department of library and information science should be enhanced. Fourth, at the level of universities, the support for and promotion of the department of library and information science should be boosted. Fifth, at the level of the department, student-oriented education should be bolstered and the employment rate should be enhanced.

본 연구는 한국 대학사회에서 4차 산업혁명 시대의 도래 및 대학 입학자원의 급감에 대비해야 할 필요성을 인식하고, 현 국내 문헌정보학과의 현황을 진단하였으며, 이에 대응하기 위한 향후 문헌정보학과의 정체성 및 미래 발전 방향을 모색하였다. 연구결과, 2020년 2월을 기준으로 우리나라에 문헌정보학과가 설치된 대학은 총36개교(2년제 4곳, 4년제 32곳)이며, 학부과정이 폐과된 대학은 총8개교(2년제 5곳, 4년제 3곳)이고, (교육)대학원이 폐과된 곳은 총10개교인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 2013년과 대비하여 2019년에 입학 정원수는 38.5%가 감소하였으며, 전임교원수도 13.4%가 감소한 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 앞으로 한국의 문헌정보학과의 정체성 및 미래 발전 방향을 크게 5가지로 구분하여 첫째, 학문 정체성 차원에서 융합교육 필요, 둘째, 법·국가차원에서 문헌정보학과 진흥 및 사서 취업 안정성 보장, 셋째, 협회차원에서 문헌정보학과에 대한 사회적 이미지 제고, 넷째, 대학차원에서 문헌정보학과 지원 및 홍보 확대, 다섯째, 학과차원에서 학생중심 교육강화 및 취업률 향상을 도모할 것을 제안하였다.

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