• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.163-191
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• 1998

The im of the present study is to introduce and develop the concept and theory of conspectus for the first time in Korea, and to propose a new evaluation model for book collection by actually applying the developed methodology to the collection of a special library dedicated to Biblical Studies. Conspectus is a standardized and objective evaluation method that classifies the main collection according to the division, category, subject, and then gives each collection ots appropriate collection level code by analyzing the classified collection in terms of three different dimensions, which are Current Collection Level(CL), Acquisition Commitment Level(AC), and Collection Goal Level(GL). To evaluate the collection of the sample library, shelflist analysis, list checking, acquisition data in ordering process by their main subject, and survey of its users have been carried out, and all of their results ahve been indicated in terms of eleven collection level codes developed by WLN Conspectus. T e collection of sample library was evaluated as '3cW' for CL, '4W' for AC, and '4W' for GL when the Conspectus methodology was applied for evaluation. This study could be utilized as an collection evaluation model for theological libraries, and become a basis to bring about more active cooperative collection development among related libraries.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.107-135
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• 2002

This study concerns Sama Pangmok which is in the possession of Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, USA. Sama Pangmok is the archive of Saengwon Chinsa Examination(the licentiate examination) which is the preliminary test for main civil service examination. And it is the list of the names of the applicants who passed this examination. This examination were conducted from the days of lauching of Chosun as a new nation to the days of Kabo Kyungjang(the 1894 reform). While this examination was conducted 230 times, not all but 186 of the resultant lists are available. Of these 186 lists, this library posses 47 titles. My study of the existing dissertation on the possession of titles by Harvard-Yenching Library, 7 titles where in possession of the same library in 1968 and 5 ones in 190. It is the main objective of this study to clarify the possession of this library and correct the past errors in indication of possession of titles by this library. For this purpose, I conducted a study on Saengwon Chinsa Examination and Sama Pangmok, which could be the historical background of this study. This was followed by research on the bibliographical aspect of Sama Pangmok and the research on the situation concerning this Library's possession of the same lists. Lastly, the analysis of the special feature of Sama Pangmok possessed by this Library was conducted. It is expected that the result of this research will be applied to the practical research of the history of civil service examinations and the old and rare books overseas in the future.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.121-147
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the organizations in the fields of academics, arts, humanities, and music in Korea on the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) which is developed by International Standard Organization (ISO) for assuring the public identities of creators, contributors, and producers to contents in the fields. National Library of Korea (NLK), one of the official registration agencies of ISNI in Korea, launched a consortium, ISNI-Korea, with various organizations in the fields to promote the ISNI registration and application. In this study, focused group interviews were carried out with participants from a total of 13 organizations; these organizations were divided into three groups by the progress on collaboration with NLK at the ISNI-Korea consortium. The current status of the personnel or membership information management by organizations, their expectations and barriers for using ISNI, and the ISNI application to the fields have been discussed intensively during the interviews. Findings from this study could benefit NLK to develop the strategies to promote ISNI in the fields. This study also proposed follow-up studies to enhance the use of ISNI in Korea.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.149-168
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of teacher librarians' efficacy and to propose some ways to enhance their efficacy. To do this, questionnaires on 30 teacher librarians who participated in the level 1 certification program of K university in 2018 were conducted. The results showed that their average efficacy was 3.38, the efficacy of teaching method was 3.60, the collective efficacy was 3.38, and the personal efficacy was 3.18. They had high personal efficacy on classroom management, the willingness to lead poor students and the possibility of problem student guidance, and collective efficacy on conflict management with fellow teachers and parents. On the other hand, personal efficacy in problem analysis and guidance for problem students, difficult contents and course instruction were low. Also, the collective efficacy of the conflict between the manager and the education office was low. They have a strong willingness to improve teaching methods for students and showed high efficacy about student synchronization and preparation for teaching. However, they were aware of the lack of learning skills and the lack of various teaching methods. The variables influencing their efficacy were graduation, education level, school size, and degree. Especially, the higher the education level, the more confident and enthusiastic about teaching problemmatic students and disadvantaged students. In addition, teacher librarians with high academic standards showed high confidence in conflict resolution with peers and parents and teaching methods. The improvement direction to enhance their efficacy in this study are increasing the ratio of teacher education in the field of education, reforming teacher librarians training before appointment, establishing supervision organizations for school libraries and improving their professionalism by going to graduate school.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.24-24
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• 2019

DMZ 및 접경지역은 지난 60여 년간 인간의 간섭을 받지 않아 세계적으로 우수한 생태계의 보고이며, 백두대간, 도서연안과 함께 한반도 3대 핵심생태축의 하나로서 한반도생태계보전을 위한 가장 중요한 지역이다. 이러한 DMZ 및 접경지역에 대하여 국내적 중요성 인식 제고뿐만 아니라 국제적으로도 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)으로서의 가치인식을 위해 IUCN에서 제시하는 평가기준을 검토하고 이의 기준을 적용하여 DMZ의 생물다양성에 대한 국제적 가치정도 판단 및 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)으로서의 보전방안을 수립하고자 한다. 첫째, DMZ 일대를 대상으로 서식하는 자생식물의 분포지역을 파악하여 DMZ 및 접경지역의 식물상은 18과 139속 367종 1아종 44변종 10품종 422분류군으로, 총 138과 613속 1,517종 8아종 217변종 58품종으로 총 1,800분류군으로 확인되었다. 본 연구대상지의 동부지역에서 가장 많은 1,482분류군, 중부지역은 1,225분류군, 서부지역은 1,080분류군으로 가장 적은수의 식물이 확인되었다. 둘째, DMZ 및 접경지역을 대상으로 객관적이고 정량적인 방법을 통한 DMZ 및 접경지역의 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 지정기준을 적용하여 개느삼, 금강초롱, 모데미풀 3종을 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 후보종으로 선정하였다. 후보종별로 분포예측 결과 전체 면적 $5,270.5km^2$ 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 지정을 제안하였다. 셋째, 지정기준을 통하여 선정된 DMZ 및 접경지역에 서식하는 주요 식물에 대한 국제적 가치를 판단하여 우리나라 상황에 맞는 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)을 적용함으로써 효과적인 관리방안으로 투명하고 체계화된 국제적 기준으로 해당 지역 내의 생물종 다양성을 지속가능하게 보호하기 위한 구체적인 방향 설정 및 관리를 위한 노력이 이루어질 수 있도록 유도 할 수 있다. 수집된 자료를 통하여 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)에 적합한 종을 중심으로 보호구역을 지정하고 국내적으로 중요한 지역적 멸종위기종에 대한 적용을 추가적으로 진행하여 식물다양성이 중요한 지역의 보호를 위한 우선순위 및 구체적 접근계획을 수립할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 국가적인 차원에서 DMZ 및 접경지역의 지속적인 조사를 통하여 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)기준 적용에 필요한 기초자료를 충분히 수집하고 국내 환경에 부합하는 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)기준 적용을 통하여 꾸준히 재평가하여 후속연구의 발판을 마련하여야 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.71-86
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• 2021

This study attempted to discover the problems related to the increasing book disposal trend within academic libraries by analyzing the disposal status over ten years and interviews with the librarians. The analysis utilized Korea Education and Research Information Service provided disposal information from 2010 to 2019. The academic libraries with more than 2 million books had disposed of the most number of books. This trend led to a distinctive decrease in the books' duplicate copies in terms of the collection composition. The librarians from the organizations, which conducted disposal more than three times and one massive removal within ten years, revealed in the interviews that they discarded many valuable duplicate books. They discussed the importance of digitizing high-value resources and also the limitation imposed by the copyright law. In conclusion, this study pointed out that book disposal can cause changes in the collection composition in the long run and suggested that academic libraries pay attention to these changes. The study also suggested evaluating the discarded books' values to guide the digitization efforts and count the number of books to include digital book use rights.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.229-253
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• 2021

The service strategy of the public library needs to be established based on the users who are the actual beneficiaries of the services, including the perspective of changes in the social environment. This study investigated and analyzed the users' perceptions of the library functions and services currently provided and the demand for future services, targeting public library users in the Busan area. The data were collected through a questionnaire, and the respondents were 733 public library users in Busan. The main result is that first, the role and function of the public library that Busan users consider most important was still in material collection and provision. Second, in the information service type, the demand for cultural/lifelong learning program service was the highest, and in the service program, the demand for new IT technology experience and education was the highest. Third, as a result of ISA analysis of information service type, material provision service and information literacy education service were types to be maintained, and reading related service was type to be managed intensively. Fourth, in the analysis of service demand by age, those aged 41 to 50 years old were the generation with the highest demand in all types except for the information literacy education service type, and the demand for information literacy education was the highest among the elderly generation over 61 years old. And the user group in the western part of Busan was higher than the user group in other regions in demand for almost all service types. The results of this study can be used as basic data when establishing strategies to optimize community public library services for users.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.1-23
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of the integrated search services for integrated libraries operated by local governments in Korea. The target of analysis was integrated libraries operated by 25 local governments in Seoul, and the analysis elements were selected from service functions in 12 areas related to integrated search. The results of the study are as follows. First, the integrated library is an association of public libraries and small libraries in autonomous districts and provides integrated search services. The provided integrated search service function, types of bibliographic information, and facets are not diverse. Second, the records in the search results were mostly item types, not title types. Third, enrichment information supplementing book information consists of book introductions, related information, book-related keywords, and loan-related information. Fourth, integrated search shows the form of integrated OPAC based on integrated catalog DB rather than discovery-type search. It concentrates on providing an integrated search for catalog DBs distributed in public libraries or small libraries in the autonomous district. Fifth, most integrated libraries provide similar service types. Based on these results, improvement plans were proposed for domestic public libraries to expect discovery-type integrated search services.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.371-401
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• 2022

If the blockchain means storing information in a distributed environment that cannot be forged or altered, it is mentioned that this is similar to what librarians collect, preserve, and share authoritative information. In this way, this study examined blockchain technology as a way to collect and provide reliable information, increase work efficiency inside and outside the library, and strengthen cooperative networks. This study attempted to propose various ways to utilize blockchain technology in book relations based on literature surveys and case studies in other fields. To this end, this study first analyzed the field and cases of blockchain application to confirm the possibility and value of blockchain application in the library field, and proposed 12 ways to utilize it based on this. The utilization model was proposed by dividing it into operation and service sectors. In the operation sector, it is a digital identity-based user record storage and authentication function, transparent management and traceable monitoring function, voting-based personnel and recruitment system, blockchain governance-based network efficiency function, and blockchain-based next-generation device management and information integration function. The service sector includes improved book purchase and sharing efficiency due to simplification of intermediaries, digital content copyright protection and management functions, customized service provision based on customer behavior analysis, blockchain-based online learning platforms, sharing platforms, and P2P-based reliable information sharing platforms.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.307-327
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• 2023

To analyze the impact of word embedding on book titles, this study utilized word embedding models (Word2vec, GloVe, fastText) to generate embedding vectors from book titles. These vectors were then used as classification features for automatic classification. The classifier utilized the k-nearest neighbors (kNN) algorithm, with the categories for automatic classification based on the DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) main class 300 assigned by libraries to books. In the automatic classification experiment applying word embeddings to book titles, the Skip-gram architectures of Word2vec and fastText showed better results in the automatic classification performance of the kNN classifier compared to the TF-IDF features. In the optimization of various hyperparameters across the three models, the Skip-gram architecture of the fastText model demonstrated overall good performance. Specifically, better performance was observed when using hierarchical softmax and larger embedding dimensions as hyperparameters in this model. From a performance perspective, fastText can generate embeddings for substrings or subwords using the n-gram method, which has been shown to increase recall. The Skip-gram architecture of the Word2vec model generally showed good performance at low dimensions(size 300) and with small sizes of negative sampling (3 or 5).