• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.551-559
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• 2013

In this paper, we proposed a tangible RealBook based on the interface of TouchFace-V which is able to recognize multi-touch and hand gesture. The TouchFace-V is applied projection technology on a flat surface such as table, without constraint of space. The system's configuration is addressed installation, calibration, and portability issues that are most existing front-projected vision-based tabletop display. It can provide hand touch and gesture applying computer vision by adopting tracking technology without sensor and traditional input device. The RealBook deals with the combination of each advantage of analog sensibility on texts and multimedia effects of e-book. Also, it provides digitally created stories that would differ in experiences and environments with interacting users' choices on the interface of the book. We proposed e-book that is new concept of electronic book; named RealBook, different from existing and TouchFace-V interface, which can provide more direct viewing, natural and intuitive interactions with hand touch and gesture.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.73-91
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• 2015

Nowadays, 'books' are not limited to tangible items no longer, but can be intangible digital contents, along with advancement in e-Book technology and the growth of the markets. However, the role of e-Book viewers that links digital contents and readers has been rarely studied. In this study, therefore, we examined the effects of e-Book viewer's system quality (ease-of-use, functional diversity, interactivity) and design quality (convenient design, intuitive design, emotional design) on user satisfaction, and also tested if these relations are different by the content types (cartoon, novel, and learning contents). Research findings show that all the independent variables, except for interactivity, affect user satisfaction in overall groups. In viewing cartoon content, ease-of-use, convenient design, and emotional design were significant antecedents, and intuitive design and emotional design were found important factors in novel content, while functional diversity and interactivity affect user satisfaction in learning content. We expect these findings can provide useful insights to the providers of e-Book viewers.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.313-333
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• 2011

Many e-book readers have become available as e-books are in popular use these days. We first developed the evaluation criteria and elements for testing the usability of e-book readers and then examined the usability of three e-book readers. The usability testing was conducted using three e-book readers that were most popular with 15 participants that consisted of middle school students, university students, and office workers. The study found that iPad showed the best usability. In case of Amazon Kindle, participants indicated that the lack of the touch function imposed a great deal of negative impact on the usability of the interface. Also, the hardware- and software-oriented usability provided by an e-book reader was considered to be a very important element for the users, and the portability in connection with the hardware-oriented aspect of an e-book reader was shown to be of great effect to the overall usability of an e-book reader.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.23 no.4 s.62
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• pp.233-256
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• 2006

To understand the use of the ebooks among undergraduate students, a questionnaire was devised and collected data from 466 respondents. The level of ebook and its service awareness appears to be low, and only about 30% of the students have used ebooks in the past. Students access ebooks primarily through the library homepage. 73% of the users read 3 ebooks and below. The subject and area of reading is fairly spread, however literary works and genre fiction were most popular And the purpose is split into academic and private reading. Most of the users lack of knowledge about additional functions. Overall satisfaction level is low. Discomfort and ebooks illiteracy constitute the major reasons of nonuse, however about 88% of the nonusers show willingness to use in the future. According to the interview, active users are familiar with the screen reading as well as perceived advantages of ebooks. Nontheless, their satisfaction level is still low. Based on the results, recommendations for creating awareness, education, production development and service evaluation are suggested to promote the ebooks use.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.263-264
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• 2024

최근 도서관을 찾는 이용객들이 증가하면서 도서관의 시설이 넓어지고 좋아지고 있다. 또한 책의 종류도 다양해졌다. 시설이 넓어지고 직접 책을 검색하여 찾으러 가기 힘들어지고 시간 소요도 많이 된다는 불편함이 있고 도서 대출증이 없다면 책을 빌리기 힘들고 사서에게 부탁해야 한다는 번거로움이 있다. 본 시스템은 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 이용객의 스마트폰에 회원 정보가 담긴 바코드를 부여하고 대여할 책을 로봇이 이용객에게 가져다주는 기능을 제공한다. 이로써 대출증 소유의 불편함과 책을 찾는 불필요한 시간을 단축할 수 있다. 또한 로봇을 이용하는 도서관이라는 타이틀로 이용객이 증가할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.25-53
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• 2003

Libraries have a variety of resources due to the endless changes of the library environment. Electronic resources have become the one of the important library resources. As an electronic resource, e-Book has emerged recently and is worth of notice to be a great resource in the libraries. This study reviews the history and special features of the e-Book. This paper analyzes the functions and problems of e-Book and changes of the library services related e-Book. The purpose of the study is to point out the problems and suggest the possible solutions of e-Book usages in the university libraries by the survey.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.475-476
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 디지털 시대 흐름에 따라 최근 들어 종이책보다 전자책 이용률이 높아졌기에 이를 바탕으로 독서의 접근성을 더 높이기 위한 온라인 도서관 시스템을 제안한다. 해당 시스템에서 사용자의 경우, 온라인으로 도서 검색 및 대여, 희망도서 신청 그리고 자유게시판 등의 시스템을 편리하게 사용할 수 있다. 관리자의 경우, 간편한 도서 및 회원 관리 기능, 공지사항 기능뿐만 아니라 도서 현황이나 대여 현황 등을 그래프 및 차트로 시각화하여 서비스를 제공한다. 주요 사용하는 페이지는 반응형 웹 페이지로 구현을 하였기에 PC뿐만 아니라 다양한 기기로도 활용할 수 있도록 사용자의 편의성을 제공한다.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.83-90
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• 2001

Q+-reader, an E-Book reader system for XML based contents is introduced, The system is developed for the embedded platform, called Q+, which targets for the digital home electronics systems, The system supports XML contents and CSS based styling as described in Open e-book standard. The system renders the e-book contents for users, sc the contents are secured for a proper use. This will found an essential part of business infra for electronic books with copyright protection, The system was developed in Java language to be used in various platform;, and has an open architecture to be reusable for other standards as well.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.15-26
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• 2005

Recently, interests on e-book (electronic-book) have been increasing since e-book can provide many benefits than traditional books can do. Especially, e-book can be attractive for elementary school students due to its interaction provided by various multimedia tools. However, despite the fact that the numbers of elementary school students using e-book have been increasing, researches on e-book have not made a significant progress. Also since most researches on e-book have been concentrating on fairy tale books without considering interaction, the true virtue of e-book has not been maximized. Taking this into account, this study is intended to suggest an e-book design model for elementary school students with interaction among learners reinforced. In this study, first, existing e-book design models are analyzed in terms of interaction. Based on this analysis, an e-book design model is designed and developed. The proposed model can help learners interact within their learning levels, support with many functions such as interchangeable help function, various search instruments, previews, messenger functions, and provide a book-like environment where learners themselves can take initiative in learning.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.63-87
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• 2012

This study aims to analyse the actual condition of the ebook services and propose the improvements of ebook services for children in the Korean public library. For this purpose, the current condition of the ebook services in the public libraries were analyzed and categorized by three criteria. Secondly, the ebook use analysis was conducted using PCs and mobile devices in terms of access to ebook library site, searching method, contents type and viewer, lending process, and user help. As a result of the analysis, several issues such as the difficulty in access to ebook site, the complexity of setting and usage depending on the file format, the insufficient user guide, the relatively lower quality service than the commercial's, and the lack of retrieval functions specialized for the ebook were presented. The improvement plan for the ebook services, especially for children in the public library was suggested.