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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.4.165

A Study on the Current State of Online Subject Guides in Academic Libraries  

Kim, Soojung (전북대학교 문헌정보학과, 인문영상연구소)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.29, no.4, 2012 , pp. 165-189 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the current state of online subject guides in Korean academic libraries and suggests improvement. Through the examination of 100 academic libraries' Web sites, only 14 online subject guides were identified, showing that the development of online subjects guides in Korea is still in infancy. The examined online subject guides were evaluated as high quality in terms of accessibility, integration of information resources, and format consistency, but low quality in the provision of specialized subjects, user instruction, and information retrieval systems. An online subject guide should be a one-stop service that provides fast access to information resources along with subject-specialized user instruction and effective communication with librarians.
Keywords
subject guide; research guide; academic libraries; subject specialists; online service;
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