• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.61-83
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• 1996

In ordo. to establish cataloging procedures for non-book materials(NBM), library has In make policy decisions which will apply to all materials. This study explores problem areas in bibliographic control and descriptive cataloging for NBM and issues to be decided in cataloging policy for NBM are presented. Recently proposed KORMARC Rules for Descriptive Cataloging, NBM is looked into and compared with AACR2R and some problems to be considered for revising are suggested. Principle and tools needed for subject analysis of NBM are discussed and special issues of subject analysis for NBM are presented.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.45-78
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• 2015

The purposes of this article are to raise the critical issues on both catalogs and cataloging of Korean academic libraries, and to explore the feasible solutions to resolve the issues. To the end the first task is a though examination on both the quality of library catalogs and the work capacity of catalogers, and then it is followed by a careful investigation on the causes of both poor quality of library catalogs and low capacity of cataloging work. Finally suggested is some indigenous solutions to improve the low capacity of cataloging work as well as the poor quality of library catalogs. Discussions on this research are based on both search experiments on library catalogs and field interviews with catalogers of 10 major Korean academic libraries.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.221-236
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to improve the KESLI consortium by analyzing the status of participant organizations and their needs. A survey questionnaire including questions on consortium selection, management, and evaluation was distributed. The findings from the 179 responses indicate that the needs of the participants include issues related to the collection development policy, the cataloging of e-journals, user education, and evaluation. Therefore, KESLI should provide the following: (1) examples of collection development policy used for reference, (2) system development for e-journal cataloging, (3) materials and program guidelines for user education, and (4) education related to evaluation techniques for e-journal usages.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.41-67
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• 2003

With the rapid and broad changes of information ecology human information activity is moving toward a new pattern-networking. Various types of information networks are being constructed over the world, and through the networks various forms and contents of information are being flowed or transferred. Under these circumstances a serious question could arise regarding whether the present cataloging principles and practices are right and appropriate for the so-called 'digital network generation of library users'. This study was developed to explore this question. Especially, this study conducted an analysis on the utility of library catalog with an emphasis on the perspectives of library users. As a result, it turned out that the quality of library catalogs produced by Korean universities was in a very low standard. The degree of satisfaction on the quality was very low, particularly among library users. In conclusion, this study made several suggestions on the cataloging policy and practices: both at the national level and the unit library level.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.75-89
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• 2009

This study propose the union cataloging based on wiki cataloging method which guarantee the quality of imported bibliographic data by outsourcing. Wiki cataloging means to improves a quality of union catalog used the cooperation of librarians who have the knowledge and experience to the cataloging. The methods are 1) policy of wiki cataloging 2) development of wiki systems 3) establishment of wiki cataloging rule based on advanced librarian cooperation. Especially, advanced librarian take charge of an 245, 260, 300 fields as basic bibliographical elements, general librarians participate expanded fields.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.89-109
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• 2011

This study intends to provide the essential data for developing kid's catalog in Korean public libraries. Focus was on the experience and perception of librarians who have provided a service for the children. To the end, this study investigated the children's information behavior and search behavior of OPAC from the viewpoint of librarians, and figured out what barriers are confronted when children are looking for reading materials. On the basis of data, discussed in details are practical considerations for kid's catalogs to improve the information access of children. The data were collected through a survey and depth interview with 29 librarians in public libraries, and referred to the existing OPAC for the discussion.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.421-442
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• 2013

The importance of users on library catalogs cannot be overemphasized. However little is verified about how well the users' needs have been met. The purpose of this research is to explore the characteristics and differences between user groups on library catalogs, and to draw implications for follow-up research. To the end, this research classified the users into four groups: elementary students, middle and high school students, college students, and the general public. Investigated are unique features and differences in searching behavior on library catalogs between the four groups. The data was collected through a survey with 544 users, and analyzed for both frequency test and Chi-square test. The major research results shows that there were statistically meaningful differences between the four groups. Also discussed are several suggestions for more in-depth research.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.7-32
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• 2013

The goal of the present study is to identify the topic trend in the field of library and information science in Korea. To this end, we collected titles and s of the papers published in four major journals such as Journal of the Korean Society for information Management, Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, and Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science during 1970 and 2012. After that, we applied the well-received topic modeling technique, Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA), to the collected data sets. The research findings of the study are as follows: 1) Comparison of the extracted topics by LDA with the subject headings of library and information science shows that there are several distinct sub-research domains strongly tied with the field. Those include library and society in the domain of "introduction to library and information science," professionalism, library and information policy in the domain of "library system," library evaluation in the domain of "library management," collection development and management, information service in the domain of "library service," services by library type, user training/information literacy, service evaluation, classification/cataloging/meta-data in the domain of "document organization," bibliometrics/digital libraries/user study/internet/expert system/information retrieval/information system in the domain of "information science," antique documents in the domain of "bibliography," books/publications in the domain of "publication," and archival study. The results indicate that among these sub-domains, information science and library services are two most focused domains. Second, we observe that there is the growing trend in the research topics such as service and evaluation by library type, internet, and meta-data, but the research topics such as book, classification, and cataloging reveal the declining trend. Third, analysis by journal show that in Journal of the Korean Society for information Management, information science related topics appear more frequently than library science related topics whereas library science related topics are more popular in the other three journals studied in this paper.