• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.91-119
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• 2018

The primary focus of this study was on the development of a leadership scale to measure the leadership capacities of university library middle managers. The study included the following research activities. Firstly, broad and narrow scopes were determined and their corresponding questions were selected to develop a leadership scale of university middle managers by analyzing the previous related research findings. Secondly, the scopes and the questions were revised through the Delphi survey method, Thirdly, a survey was conducted to develop a simplified model of the leadership scale. The research outcomes led to three types of leadership scale of the university library middle manager. This study identified the leadership factors of middle managers in the university libraries. The resulting developed leadership scale should serve as the basic information for the existing middle managers' leadership capacity development.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.133-168
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• 2008

As the library and information environment advanced, librarians should participate in continuing education programs for the improvement of services to satisfy users' need. To develop a curriculum model of continuing education for academic librarians, we reviewed related previous studies and continuing education programs performed both in Korea and overseas. Then. a survey was done to the academic librarians sampled systematically to identify the subject need for education. Based on the analysis, 2 sets of comprehensive curriculum were devised for the middle managers and working librarians respectively. The curriculum for the middle managers is consisted of 27 courses in 9 subject fields. and the curriculum far the working librarians is consisted of 25 courses in 7 subject fields. We selected one highly demanding subject from each curriculum, and developed specific educational program models. 'Library marketing' for middle managers and 'building and management of digital information resources' for working librarians. Program models include educational goal, content, teaching/learning strategies. duration time, teaching methods/tools, and instructor qualifications in detail. Finally, recommendations are suggested for the promotion and settlement of the continuing education.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.113-131
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• 2018

The study is to prove the necessity of librarian as the coordinator for the building and sustenance of "Community of Practice" in public libraries. Therefore, The study reviews literatures and conducts a survey how librarians think of their work from the perspective of CoP. The results of this study are as follows: "Community of Practice(CoP)" is the kind of community composed of "Domain", "Community" and "Practice" for knowledge circulation; The coordinator neither leader in CoP nor manager outside of CoP is necessary to sustain CoP by supporting management of CoP and promoting knowledge sharing; The programs and clubs designed by public librarians are potential CoPs; The potential CoPs turn into the sustainable CoPs when the participants of programs turn into the directors of programs; It means the coordinator of CoP is librarian in case of public libraries.