• Journal of Information Management
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.97-126
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• 2010

Many visually handicapped people face difficulties with using libraries. Public libraries are thus required to meet the need of visually handicapped people. Public libraries should guarantee the visually handicapped the right to use appropriate services. If so, the visually handicapped can improve their life quality by decreasing information gap and increasing information comprehension or accessibility. This study is designed to analyze how visually handicapped people can use public libraries. Based on the analysis, this study can provide actual suggestions to improve opportunities for the visually handicapped to use libraries. Data are collected from visually handicapped people who are the members of Suseong Public Library, Daegu, Korea. In specific, this study can analyze various characteristics(i.e., information needs, selection and use behavior of information sources, difficulties and gaps to access information, use behavior and service satisfaction of public library) regarding their library use by telephone interviews.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.237-264
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• 2014

This study aims to investigate the influence of personality styles on information seeking behaviors of undergraduate students. To this end, first, Korean Enneagram Personality Training Indicator (KEPTI) tool was used to measure Enneagram personality styles. Next, to measure information seeking activities, 200 of undergraduate students were recruited, and a questionnaire with 13 questions was designed. The questions included information usage motivation, how to collect and search scholarly information, challenges faced in the search process, level of satisfaction, and the use of SNS (Social Network Service). This research concluded that personality traits affected information seeking behavior and Enneagram types of each center of energy consistently did not show similar information seeking behavior.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1946-1952
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to suggest some improvements of information service on the Internet through a comparative analysis of information use patterns of science and technology researchers in universities, research institutes and business enterprises. We classify information use patterns into information use purpose, information use types, a frequently used/referenced portal site, the initial method of internet search, information service selection factors and the channels of off-line information acquisition. The results of this study are as follows: First, according to frequency analysis, there are some information use patterns among S & T research groups. Second, according to ${\chi}^2$ analysis, there are some significant differences in ratio of information use patterns among them.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.11-20
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• 2012

본 동향은 ITU-T의 IPTV-GSI(Global Standardization Initiatives)에서 표준 문서로 개발되고 있는 이용행태 측정 표준기술 동향에 대하여 소개한다. 이용행태 측정 시 단말 제조사 및 IPTV 사업자들마다 개별적인 방식을 사용하는 이유로 측정 데이터 또한 개인의 선호도나 취향을 파악하기에는 부족한 부분이 있고 상호 규격 또한 맞지 않아서 사용자의 이용행태 정보를 기반으로 한 서비스들이 제한적으로 밖에 제공되지 못하고 있는 상황이다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 개인의 이용행태 정보 수집을 위한 표준기술이 요구되었으며 유럽 표준기구인 ETSI(European Telecommunications Standards Institute) 등에서 일부 진행되고 있기는 하지만 아직 초보적인 단계이고, 현재 ITU-T IPTV-GSI에서 AM(Audience Measurement)이라는 이슈로 활발하게 표준을 개발 중에 있다. 또한, 스마트TV와 스마트폰과 같은 미디어 환경의 발전에 따라 AM의 서비스 대상은 확장되어야 할 시점에 놓여있다. 본고에서는 ITU-T IPTV-GSI의 AM 표준과 이에 관련된 표준들이 다루고 있는 내용들, 그리고 현재까지의 표준화 동향을 분석하여 향후 표준화 방향 및 흐름을 파악하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.275-301
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• 2021

The purpose of the research is to find out both what information tweens (12~14 years old adolescents) need and how they use YouTube to satisfy with their information needs. In order to achieve the goal, the research collected the data by conducting a survey on tweens (N=130) and analyzed the data with statistical processes. The research found out some significant results: first, tweens frequently use the informaton on YouTube and search for leisure information most often. Second, tweens search for information on YouTube because of ease and convenience on learning information even though they do not trust the information on YouTube. Third, tweens regard that YouTube play the role as a significant information source and searching tool, and use information on YouTube because the information on YouTube are composed of easy-to-understand video format. On the basis of the results, the research suggests and discusses how information organization such as public or school libraries provide information services for youth groups effectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.5-21
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• 1999

This study assesses user attitudes towards electronic academic journals and suggests management issues for users and information managers. To reveal academic scholars' user attitudes, this paper is an attempt to survey the concepts of electronic journals, thoughts, perceptions and experiences of a sample of university faculty. Based upon various aspects of user attitudes, this study derives effective management techniques for electronic academic journals in library and information center.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 1995.08a
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• pp.93-96
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• 1995

본 연구는 광고정보 이용자들의 정보요구와 이용행태에 있어서 이용집단 사이에 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 밝히려 하였다. 자료의 수집은 광고회사 자료실 이용자들에게 질문지를 배포수집하여 광고기획집단과 제작집단으로 구분하여 SPSS를 이용하여 분식하였다. 연구결과 광고기획집단은 제작집단에 비하여 통계자료, 데이터베이스의 이용도가 높지만 자료실 이용도는 낮은 것으로 밝혀졌다. 대부분의 광고정보 이용자는 당면문제의 해결과 광고관련된 새로운 정보를 입수하기 위하여 소속기관 자료실의 자료에 본인이 직접 접근하며, 입수한 자료가 불충분하다고 생각될 때 유사한 관련자료를 찾거나 자료실 직원에게 도움을 요청한다.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.95-119
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• 2020

The study examined the behavior of infant's caregivers using public libraries, measured the level of awareness of infant and toddler services in the library to determine the factors affecting their revisit or recommendation of use to others, and examined the impact of such recognition on the use behavior, revisit and willingness to recommend others. The study surveyed 146 caregivers of infants who use four public libraries in Gwangju Metropolitan City on demographic characteristics, library use behavior, level of awareness of library services, library revisit and recommendation to others. Analysis of this survey shows that the factors that influence the caregivers' revisit of the library or their desire to recommend to others through their caregivers' use of the library are the factors that influence the expansion of information data, the stability of space facilities, the accessibility of space facilities, and the ease of participation in programs among the various service factors provided by the library rather than the personal factors of infants and toddlers' caregivers.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.281-308
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• 2022

This study aims to present directions for improving information services of medical libraries in small and medium-sized hospitals by exploring the information use behavior and information needs of nurses, medical technicians, and pharmacists who had not been studied. The research design was conducted based on the reviewing theoretical background studies, and in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses, medical technicians, and pharmacists working in small and medium-sized hospitals. The results show their information needs, information use behavior, and perceptions of the medical library in the hospital. Based on these results, this study suggests ways to improve the information services provided by medical libraries in hospitals. This research is meaningful because it was first to explore the information use behavior and information needs of health care professionals working in small and medium-sized hospitals.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.375-405
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• 2008

Recently, children's internet search engines are becoming the main method to access information. For those engines to function properly, search behavior of children as their searchers should be studied and the findings be applied to design and improve the systems. So an experiment was conducted and 22 3rd-grade elementary school students performed 3 searching tasks through 'Junior Naver' and 'Yahoo!꾸러기' which are representative children's search engines in Korea. Children's searching behavior was analyzed thoroughly through which the problems of children's search engines were diagnosed and recommendations were suggested to improve them.