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A Study on the Academic Information Seeking Behavior of University Students to Improve Subject Guide: Focusing on C University

주제가이드 개선을 위한 대학생의 학술정보탐색행태 연구: C 대학을 중심으로

  • 김아현 (중앙대학교 일반대학원 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 이승민 (중앙대학교 사회과학대학 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2023.08.15
  • Accepted : 2023.09.12
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed academic information seeking behavior, focusing on university students, the main users of the university library, to derive considerations for the development and improvement of the subject guide of the university library. As a result of the analysis, university students highly evaluated their subjective information seeking ability, but it was found that it was difficult to set specific search terms. The purpose of using academic information is specific, and it has been shown that there is a tendency to perform all information search activities in one database. In addition, when selecting information resources, reliability, suitability, and recency are primarily taken into consideration. Awareness of university libraries and subject guides was generally low, but their reliability was found to be high. Based on this, it is necessary to consider the classification of information sources according to specific information seeking purposes, the composition of information resources, explanatory element technology related to information resource selection criteria, comprehensive database, topic keyword recommendation, library marketing, and close cooperation with internal institutions.

본 연구는 대학도서관의 주제가이드 개발 및 개선을 위한 고려사항을 도출하기 위해 대학도서관의 주 이용자인 대학생을 중심으로 학술정보 탐색행태를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 대학생들은 자신의 주관적 정보탐색능력 수준을 높게 평가하고 있었으나, 구체적인 검색어의 설정을 어려워하는 것으로 나타났다. 학술정보 이용 목적은 구체적이며, 하나의 데이터베이스에서 모든 정보탐색행위를 수행하고자 하는 경향을 보이고 있다. 또한 정보자원 선택 시 신뢰성, 적합성, 최신성을 주로 고려하고 있으며, 대학도서관 및 주제가이드에 대한 인식은 전반적으로 낮게 나타났으나 이에 대한 신뢰성은 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 이를 기반으로 향후 대학도서관에서 주제가이드를 개발하거나 개선할 때는 구체적인 정보탐색 목적에 따른 정보원 분류, 정보자원의 유형별 구성, 정보자원 선택 기준 관련 설명 요소 기술, 종합 데이터베이스에 대한 안내, 주제 키워드 추천, 도서관 마케팅 및 내부 기관과의 긴밀한 협업 관계를 고려하는 것이 필요하다.

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