• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.159-180
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• 2022

Recently, services using metaverse in various fields are increasing, the technology is behind the metaverse is rapidly developing. Consequently, it is necessary to provide metaverse services in university libraries. Therefore, this study examined the status of using metaverse in domestic university libraries and the librarians response to it. To this end, the cases of foreign libraries and domestic university libraries were analyzed. Furthermore, an interview was conducted with nine librarians of the university library, who has running metaverse service, to collect data on the current status of the university library metaverse and perceptions of it to identify difficulties and requirements of running the service. Based on the results, it is proposing to get the differentiation of metaverse service, acquire professionals, activate education, expand the browsing feature, and select proper platforms as a way to vitalize the metaverse of domestic university libraries. It is expected that this study will help to running or planning the metaverse service of the university library.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.293-311
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• 2009

The purpose of this article is to present comparative analysis of electronic information purchase in Korean university libraries relative to university libraries overseas. An overall comparison is made between libraries in Korea and in the U.S. in terms of their budget for electronic information. In addition, we compared the lists of web databases in service among three top-tier Korean universities and nine foreign universities(6 in the U.S., 1 in Canada, 1 in Australia, and 1 in China). The findings show that Korean universities tend to subscribe heavily to electronic journals packages than competing libraries overseas. However, in terms of providing subject-based reference databases, our libraries are far behind even mediocre institutions in these countries. We propose a number of recommendations to strengthen national licensing of electronic scholarly materials as a way to enhance access to electronic information through university libraries.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.247-263
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• 2002

The purpose of this article is to discuss both management philosophy and development strategies that Korean university libraries should have and follow for a healthy and steady development in such a rapid and dynamic digital environment. To the end, the substance of the undergoing ‘environmental change’was identified, and the needed new roles and functions of university libraries were also analyzed. Also discussed is the intrinsic limitations of university libraries which might have negative impacts on the libraries'active effort to cope with such changes. Finally, this article suggests that both philosophical and practical strategies and methods in order for the university libraries to overcome such limitations and to prosper in the near future.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.167-182
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• 2009

The one of the methods which academic libraries maximize the user service is to perform the 'liaison' service that embodies the customized service to make close linkage with library and users. The purpose of this study is to propose the operational plan of 'liaison' service at academic libraries. It was explored the necessity of liaison service, the definition and role of liaison librarian. After this study examined the case of activities and duties of liaison librarian at Korean and foreign academic libraries, the operational plan such as organization, administration and steps et al. of 'liaison' service were proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.49-65
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• 2004

University library user's needs and complains are delivered to librarians through the homepage BBS. The purpose of this study is to examine the user's needs and complains in BBS. Twelve domestic university libraries and three foreign university libraries are analyzed. And the result of this study will be useful for developing the library system for end users.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.257-281
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• 2004

To promote the efficiency of university library information service, the analysis of information-seeking behavior of information service users must be pre-examined. Under such assumption, this study made a survey of the information-seeking behavior of university faculty and students of five National Universities and the Universities of Education. This research found out the difference of behavior among main users when they sought the information, which was supplied by university libraries, and gave suggestion and advice for the improvement of the university library information service.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2014.08a
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• pp.183-186
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• 2014

본 연구는 대학도서관 내 학생근로자를 인적자원의 요소로서 접근하여 그들의 업무 현황 및 영역을 파악하고, 발전적인 활용방안을 모색해보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 수도권 대학도서관을 대상으로 전화 및 이메일을 통한 설문지법으로 학생근로자의 업무 실태를 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 대학도서관에서의 학생근로자는 도서관 업무의 전반적인 분야에서 점차 중요한 인적자원으로 활용되고 있어 체계적인 관리의 필요성이 증대되고 있었다. 또한, 일부 대학도서관에서는 학생근로자의 전공 및 우수한 재능을 업무영역에 활용한 사례가 있으며, 이러한 학생근로자의 특화된 업무 영역을 적극적으로 개발한다면 도서관 서비스의 질적 향상을 기대해 볼 수 있을 것이라 생각한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.229-248
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• 2014

University libraries have been attempting to reorganize their space through new building construction and remodeling to cope with the rapid changes in information and communication technologies and university environment. These changes seem to reflect the need for the shift of the university library functions toward the facilitator role of enabling continuous learning and research through space reorganization beyond the traditional supporter role of preserving and supplying library materials and providing learning space and services to university members. Despite all these changes of university library space functions, however, their assessment has been still limited to the library users' satisfaction and usage changes before and after library building renovation or new construction, calling for the need to develop proper measurement tools for evaluating the library functions as learning commons that reflect university vision and goals. Therefore, this study intends to analyze the trend of space reorganization practices in university libraries and the studies of evaluating its effect, in order to develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of space reorganization and to provide basic data for future space reorganization and assessment strategies.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.237-255
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• 2020

Pareto principle states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This study clarified if there is Pareto principle in Korean universities' academic information resource sharing network and calculates the Gini efficient about inequality in sharing academic resources. As a result, top 20% libraries led 80% of performance and inequality degree showed 0.8 as very serious condition. Relative Gini efficient which is recalculated considering scale of each libraries stay 0.7 that is adjusted slightly down. It means that such phenomenon is not caused by the difference of each universities scale with high contribution of big university and low contribution of small university. And in comparison of inequality between university's types, inequality between community colleges and private universities is more serious than four-year-course college and national university respectfully. Finally, as a result of visualizing the distribution of participating libraries, there were libraries with overwhelming contributions, and libraries with small but relatively high contribution levels were also distributed.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.337-365
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to evaluate service quality of university library using structural equation modeling. The case study was selected from the library of a local university. The result of the study shows that the factors that effected a lot on service quality of university library are information control, a location of library and a degree of service influence. In conclusion of the results, university libraries should put an effort on strengthening the service quality.