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A Study on Influences of Academic Library Service Quality on the Satisfaction and the Loyalty of Users (대학도서관의 서비스 품질이 이용자 만족도와 충성도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Gyu-Hwan;Nam, Young-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.135-159
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the casual relationships of the service qualify, the satisfaction of the users, and the loyalty of the users on the academic libraries. The study develops a model and a hypothesis based on the previous researches, and testifies through multiple regressions and path analysis using questionnaires from 266 academic library users(undergraduate students and graduate students) in the C University. The result of this study is summarized as the following: the service qualifies of e-service, contents, and librarians significantly influences the satisfaction of the users-undergraduate students on the qualifies of library space/environment and contents, and graduate students on the qualities of e-service and librarian. The satisfaction of the users and the quality of e-service are the variables that influence the loyalty of the users. The quality of e-service is an important variable that influence both the satisfaction and the loyalty of the users in academic libraries.

Librarian Consensus on the Need for Customerized Research Information Services in Academic Libraries: A Delphi Method Study (대학도서관 고객화 연구정보서비스 필요성에 대한 사서의 공감대 연구: 델파이 조사를 중심으로)

  • Hyun Soo, Chae;Jung Hyun, Chun;Jee Yeon, Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.127-157
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    • 2022
  • The study aims to establish the concept of customerized research information services in academic libraries and to build librarians' consensus on the need for customerized research information services. The literature review enabled summarizations of the definition of research information service, customerization, and research trends. A categorization process resulted in a list of research information services of academic libraries. The Delphi method survey revealed the necessity of providing research information services and applying customerization to research information services based on the opinions of librarians. The librarians agreed on eight research information services using customerization services. This study has significance because it proposed new attempts to improve and develop research information services and explored ways to enhance the expertise and value of academic libraries by forming a consensus among librarians.

A Study on the Descriptive Analysis for Coordination of the School's Library-Aided Instruction With the Problem-Based Learning in Korea School Libraries: Focusing on PBL Cases (PBL교과수업과 학교도서관 LAI의 연계를 위한 기술적 분석 - PBL 사례연구를 중심으로 -)

  • Jung, Jong-Kee
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.167-185
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to analyse the cases related with PBL and to suggest the activation plan of LAI based on the derived results. The analysis objects were the PBL cases which have been performed from 2000 to 2018 in Korean schools. The PBL cases were analysed in the aspects of school levels, target grades, subject clusters, teaching patterns, information sources, cooperative teaching status, library cooperative teaching status, and educational effects. The results were like these; 1)The PBL was applied at the elementary schools the most, the next middle schools, and high schools. 2)The teaching pattern was the exclusive teaching the most, and the next pattern was team teaching with other teacher, and the lowest pattern was with librarian teacher. 3)The subject cluster was natural science cluster the most and the next was the human & social science cluster and the art, music and physical education cluster. 4)The PBL performed with school library was low. 5)The main effects of PBL were the improvements of academic achievement, learning satisfaction degree, creative ability, problem-solving ability, and self-directed learning capability. As the results, it's proposed that it's important for librarian teachers to have the aggressive attitude for the activation of LAI as well as the cooperation with PBL subject teachers from the planning step to the evaluation.

Research on the Characteristics of Research Data-related Service in North American University Libraries: Focusing on the Hierarchical Structure of Services, Job Titles, and Job Descriptions (북미 지역 대학도서관의 연구데이터 관련 서비스 특성 연구 - 서비스 간 계층 구조와 직책 및 직책별 직무내용을 중심으로 -)

  • Gyuhwan Kim;Jong-Do Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.453-475
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    • 2023
  • This study investigated research data-related services offered by North American university libraries, focusing on service names, hierarchical relationships, job titles of service managers, and job descriptions. The study analyzed the homepages of 50 university libraries and found a clear hierarchical relationship between research data-related service names, indicating a clear structure for these services. The title of 'librarian' was most commonly used for the position in charge of research data-related services, and the job content of this position was found to be quite wide. Other job titles such as 'specialist' and 'analyst' were also used for experts in various research data-related fields. The existence of these job titles was seen as a way for university libraries to strengthen the expertise of their research data-related services. Based on the findings, the authors propose a service composition system for research data-related services in domestic university libraries. This system includes 'research data service' as the highest-level service name, with 'research data management service', 'GIS service', and 'data visualization service' as sub-service names. The authors also suggest that research data-related services should be provided through collaboration between existing university librarians in the early stages of service provision, and that new recruitment of research data-related professionals could be considered gradually.

An Examination of the Course Syllabi Related to Data Librarian in the ALA-accredited Library and Information Science Degree Programs (ALA인가 문헌정보학 학위 과정의 데이터 사서 양성과 관련된 교과목의 강의계획서 분석)

  • Hyoungjoo Park
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.307-334
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the status of data librarian-related course syllabi in the 2023 American Library Association(ALA)-accredited degree programs in Library and Information Science (LIS). The present study examined LIS course syllabi related to data librarian including course titles, course objectives, course descriptions, weekly topics and assignments. ALA-accredited LIS programs offer various courses in data librarianship such as data management and curation, data analysis and visualization, metadata, information services, research methods, library management, academic libraries, computer programming and databases. This study collected 184 syllabi from the ALA-accredited LIS programs and selected and analyzed 127 syllabi that are related to data librarianship. The study examined 3,045 course titles, 2,559 course description from 61 LIS degree programs overseas, and 1,330 course titles from 37 LIS degree programs in Korea. This study found that LIS degree programs both in Korea and overseas offer various courses for data librarians. The researcher hopes the findings of this study will be used as a starting point to develop or redesign courses related to data librarianship in the information field.

A Study on Librarians' Perception about the Current Status and Establishment of Academic Library Development Plan (대학도서관 발전계획 현황과 수립에 관한 사서의 인식 조사)

  • Yong-Jae Lee;Sun-Gu Jeon;Jin-Gyeong Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.331-350
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the academic librarians' perception of the current status and establishment of the development plans of domestic university libraries to suggest ways to increase usefulness of development plans. And this study sought ways to establish the academic library development plan that reflected the key components of the development plan. To this end, a survey was conducted on academic library librarians, and in-depth interviews were conducted with the persons in charge of the academic library development plan to supplement the limitations of survey. The results are as follows. First, the establishment of academic library development plans tend to be formal and passive, and has limitation in eliciting cooperation between external organizations and academic libraries. Second, most academic libraries do not disclose their development plans on their websites. Third, the awareness of the leaders of the academic library organization needs to be preceded, and a task force needs to be formed to establish development plan. As a result of the study, it is suggested that 'active changes in the perceptions and operation method within academic libraries', 'external disclosure of development plans and strengthening cooperation', and 'strengthening the initiative and role of librarians' are needed as improvement measures.

Development of Work Stress Measurement Tool for Academic Librarians (대학도서관 사서의 직무스트레스 측정 도구 개발)

  • Lee, Jong Yoon;Cho, Hyun Yang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.181-205
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a job-stress scale for librarians who work in university libraries. The study was first conducted by analyzing existing representative job-stress scales that are used domestically and internationally. To understand the characteristic of particular job stress that academic librarians have, the in-depth interview among qualitative research methods was selected, and 15 librarians who work at a 4-year system university libraries participated in this study. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey, the reliability and validity were verified. To analyze the validity, exploratory factor analysis was carried out. To extract factors, principal component analysis was used. To extract factors, principal component analysis was used. For the rotation method, a varimax rotation was applied. A tertiary measurement tool with a total of 46 questions for 11 factors was developed after removing measurement questions that were rejected as a result of the analysis. As a result of factor analysis on the tertiary measurement tool, 11 factors were extracted. Those 11 factors include 'peer relation conflict factor(factor 1)', 'superior-subordinate relation conflict factor (factor 2)', 'work compensation evaluation factor(factor 3)', 'emotional labor factor(factor 4)', 'physical environmental factor(factor 5)', 'employment stability(factor 6)', 'job demand factor(psychological) (factor 7)', 'decision-making and responsibility factor(factor 8)', 'work complexity factor(factor 9)', 'work boundary conflict factor(factor 10)', and 'job demand factor(physical)(factor 11)'.

A Trend of Research Topics on University Libraries in Korea (한국에서의 대학도서관 연구동향)

  • Rhee, HeyYoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.153-165
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    • 2015
  • This study aims at a trend of research topics on university library. This study analyzed the contents of the study, under the theme of university library, published on four academic society journals, related to library and information science, from 2000 to 2014, such as Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information, Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, and Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science. As a result of investigation, of total 1,023 researches, the research on university library was performed (332 researches, 32.5%), next to the research on public library (418 researches, 40.9%) in frequency. The concernment themes of university library research were 'management of library' (95 researches, 28.6%), 'information science' (76 researches, 22.9%), 'library service' (31 researches, 9.3%) in order. Major research methods applied to university library research were questionnaire investigation (112 researches, 33.7%), case investigation (40 researches, 12.0%), interview investigation (50 researches, 15.1%), and other methods (132 researches, 39.8%) in order. The objects, classified with academic system, on university library research, were four year university library 244 researches (73.5%), two year university library (6 researches, 1.8%), and other university library (82 researches, 24.7%). The researcher dispersion was, in the case of one person research, professor (136 researches, 41%), librarian (35 researchers, 10.5%), and lecturer (14 researches, 4.2%) in order. In the case of group researches, the research dispersion was professor /librarian (53 researches, 16%), professor/graduate school student (27 researches, 8.1%), and professor/professor (19 researches, 5.7%) in order.

What is the Starting Point of Discussions for the Open Access of Korean Journals? (국내 학술지 웹DB 구독료 현황과 오픈액세스에 대한 사서의 인식)

  • Joung, Kyoung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.365-382
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    • 2008
  • What is the starting point of discussions for the open access of Korean journals? This study analyzed whether the serials crisis in Western societies are in academic libraries in Korea. The rising of prices of Korean electronic journals in academic libraries and recognition of librarians for it were surveyed. This study found that the subscription fees for web DBs of Korean journals have been increased from 1.3 times to 34 times during the last 10 years. But librarians in the universities did not think that the subscription fees are very high. And the 35% of respondents thought that the subscription fees for the web DBs in academic libraries will be increased to bring to a crisis to libraries. This study suggested that the leading groups of discussions for open access in Korea wilt be interested in the aspects of public goods and social justice, another values of open access.

A Study on the Operation Model of Continuing Education for Academic Librarians (대학도서관 사서직을 위한 계속교육 운영모형 연구)

  • Hwang, Ok-Gyung;Oh, Se-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.249-263
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of the study was to investigate the continuing education model desired by the academic librarians in the present digital environment. For this purpose the study undertook a questionnaire survey of academic librarians in Korea. As a result it was shown that 61.4% of the librarians participated more than once(average 2.6 times) in the continuing education program during the last one year. The most preferred program type was one week or 2-3 days workshop. The theme of the program was regarded the most important factor for the activation of the continuing education. and the preferred theme of the program was user instruction. information retrieval. electronic licensing. planning and strategy, library marketing, virtual reference service etc.