• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.309-325
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to identify the concept and current status of resolving the gap in knowledge and information provided as a new role of public libraries. We have examined what kind of role public libraries has to play, and have analyzed the relationship of financial independence of public libraries and local autonomous entities, the use of public libraries and the social class vulnerable to knowledge and information by utilizing existing statistical data. Through this, We have presented a basic point in question needed in searching for a way to strengthen the role of public libraries in resolving the gap in knowledge and information..

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.11 no.5 s.43
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• pp.291-297
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• 2006

Enhancing Information Utilization Capability of the elderly is discussed in the level of nation due to the advent of information society and aging. Information divide of the elderly is wider compared with other age groups. It is necessary for the elderly to enhance information ability. Government was implementing the policy for narrowing information divide continually. Dual information divide is brought about by the character of the elderly such as status, economic factor, the level of education. Therefore not only continuous nation's policy but road map is needed for enhancing information utilization capability to computer and internet. Information divide of the elderly would be narrowed out of education, economy, earning, age through those ways.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.143-152
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• 2019

Purpose : To analyze how the Fourth Industrial Revolution affects the gender gap. Method : This study regressed the relationship between ICT development index, network Readiness index and gender gap in 145 countries all over the world. Results : The ICT development index was not statistically significant, but the network readiness index was positively correlated with female labor participation rate and gender wage equality ratio, indicating that the progress of the $4^{th}$ industrial revolution increased female participation in labor but the wage gap has been shown to intensify. Conclusion : The results verify the hypothesis that the $4^{th}$ industrial revolution led by the information and communication revolution affects the labor market conditions of women.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.13-23
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• 2017

Obviously, "informatization" is one of the most effective means for improving national competitiveness. In particular, South Korea is a representative successful case implementing informatization in the world. On the contrary, North Kora does not because of serious information devide matter. Given the assumption that information devide is caused by three aspects: the access to information devices or database(information accessibility); the ability to utilize information resources(information mobilization); and the ability to differentiate the quality of information(information consciousness). Based upon three aspects of information devide, we design practical strategies to implement informatization for North Korea region. The purpose of this study is to investigate how to successfully build in informatization of North Korea region for unification era. Drawing on the analysis of successful cases of South Korea, we suggest the valuable guidelines and directions toward success of building informatization of North Korea region. Therefore, this study provides government with specific and practical success strategies for unification era.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.133-138
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• 2020

The ability to use ICT is now a prerequisite for living in the information age, and digital literacy, which can access and utilize various digital information such as online banking, shopping, news, and health care, is more important. It is increasing. Accordingly, the social inequality, or digital divide, related to accessing and accepting digital information and knowledge is also an important social issue. In particular, the digital divide by age is becoming a major issue, not only in terms of resolving social imbalances but also in resolving the structural problems of the economy in addition to the survival of the elderly. This study aims to find ways to resolve the digital gap of the elderly in terms of socioemotional selectivity theory and suggests the reasons for the elderly's less access to digital information acquisition and the implications for the solution.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.01a
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• pp.181-185
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• 2010

본 연구는 시 청각 장애인의 정보격차 및 정보 불평등 문제를 해소하기 위해 장애인 정보화 교육의 문제점을 살펴보고 개선 방향을 제시함으로써 향후 장애인 정보화 교육이 보다 효율적으로 시행될 수 있도록 하는데 그 목적이 있다. 시 청각 장애인에게 정보 격차 해소를 위한 교육은 지속적으로 시행되고 있으나 정보화가 진행될수록 신체적 결함으로 인한 정보소외는 존재할 수밖에 없다. 이런 문제점을 극복하기 위해서는 첫째, 시 청각 장애인에게 정보화 교육 기회를 확대해야 한다. 둘째, 장애 특성을 고려하여 개별화 교육을 실현할 수 있도록 정보화 교육과정 및 교수법 개발을 개발해야 한다. 셋째, 교육과정의 정기적인 지도 점검이 요구된다. 넷째, 보조공학 기기 및 S/W에 대한 지원 및 개발을 강화해야 한다. 마지막으로 시 청각 장애인 정보화 교육 과정의 표준화 작업이 매우 시급한 실정이다.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.42 no.10
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• pp.1207-1221
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• 2015

This research was conducted both to analyze the determining factors of and to suggest resolution methods for the smart divide of adults over 65 years of age in the rapidly aging society of the 2000s and the smart society of the 2010s following the information society of the 1990s. The research model based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) includes 6 determining factors derived from existing studies: Self Efficacy, Training, Accessibility, Playfulness, Cost Rationality, and Policy Support. Research data were collected through a survey given to a total of 243 older adults in 14 Senior Welfare Centers nationwide, and research hypotheses were verified by structural equation model (SEM) analysis. The results of this research that gives priority to the order of Political Support, Playfulness, Self Efficacy, Accessibility, Cost Rationality, and Training can be used to develop various resolution methods for the smart divide of adults over 65 years of age.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.29-47
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• 2020

This study uses Gini coefficient to index the inequality of academic information resource among universities to identify the areas where the gap is extremely severe, and analyzes the Gini coefficient over time for 10 years to show how the gap is changing. In addition, the degree and characteristics of the gap appearing by type of universities such as metropolitan universities, local national universities, private universities, and colleges were also compared. As a result, first, the university library academic information infrastructure showed a severe level of disparity (0.6 - 0.9), and the inequality was more severe in serials, electronic resources, and reference service. Even when the relative Gini coefficient was calculated considering the number of students, the inequality was over 0.4 in serial etc. Second, the Gini coefficient trend over the last decade shows that the inequality has decreased toward equality in the re-education time of employees and electronic information resources, but not in other sectors. Third, it was found that special universities and universities in the metropolitan area showed a large gap between universities of the same kind, and local national universities showed the best gap level as well as the best academic information infrastructure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2005.08a
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• pp.337-342
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• 2005

급속한 정보기술의 발전과 정보사회로의 전환은 한국이 지식정보강국으로 나아가는데 많은 기여를 하고 있다. 그러나 이처럼 정보사회가 본격적으로 도래함에 따라 사회제반 부문간의 정보격차 문제가 중요한 이슈로 떠오르고 있다. 지식정보화시대 지역간, 계층간 정보격차를 완화하기 위해 사회적 안전망으로서의 도서관의 공공서비스 기능이 더욱 요구되고 있다. 다양한 컨텐츠를 최소의 비용으로 제공함으로써 이용자들의 정보접근에의 기회균등을 보장하는 것이 중요한 도서관의 역할의 일부가 된 것이다.

• Digital Contents
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• no.7 s.134
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• pp.80-84
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• 2004

올해 정보문화의 달은‘함께하는 디지털 세상’이라는 주제에서 나타나듯이 정보화 격차 해소와 올바른 인터넷 이용에 초점을 맞췄다. 한국정보문화진흥원은 6월 한 달을 인터넷 이용률의 증대에도 불구하고 여전히 정보화에서 소외된 계층과 날로 확산되는 인터넷 유해 정보에 대처하기 위한 대국민 홍보의 장으로 적극 활용했다. 이와 함께 정부 산하기관, 체신청, IT 관련기업, 정보나눔실천운동본부, 정보보호실천협의회 등 관련 단체와 시민단체도 총 출동해 범국민적 건전 정보문화 확산에 앞장섰다. 17회 정보문화의 달을 맞아 6월 한달 동안 펼쳐진 주요 행사를 소개한다.