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Comparison and Analysis of Educational Programs of Korean and American Medical Library Associations to Improve the Role of Medical Librarians for User Services: Focusing on MLA and KMLA (의학사서의 이용자 서비스 향상을 위한 국내외 의학도서관협회 교육프로그램 비교 및 분석 - MLA 및 KMLA를 중심으로 -)

  • Hey-Young Rhee
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.59-92
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest ways to improve medical librarians' educational programs to improve domestic medical library user services. To this end, the role of medical librarians was investigated, and the education areas were itemized, and then the MLA in the US and the KMLA in Korea were compared and analyzed. As a result, the improvement points for medical librarian education programs in Korea are: First, expansion of certification programs that select various types of education programs, education areas, education contents, and specialized fields, collaboration programs with related institutions, and education programs that advocate the value of KMLA are required. Second, there is a need for various educational programs in the current educational areas, such as 'research support service' and 'education/education design/consultation'. In particular, it is necessary to provide 'consumer health information service' and 'disaster information service' for which there is no education at all. In addition, it is necessary to precede the establishment of regulations on the domestic medical librarian education curriculum for the education of various 'information services in the field related to medicine'. Third, it is necessary to provide online education contents for librarians who have difficulty participating in face-to-face education.

An Analysis of Information Literacy Education Based on the Operation of Korean Law Schools' Education Curriculum (우리나라 법학전문대학원 교육과정 실행에 나타난 법률 정보활용교육 실태 분석)

  • Kim, Sung-Eun;Jung, Jong-Kee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.103-122
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    • 2011
  • The main subjects of law school curriculum are composed of subjects based on related laws for law schools. The purpose of this study is to analyze the operation of the legal information subject in law schools and law libraries and to propose efficient operation methods on law information services which would be useful to law schools and law libraries. The results of this study are as follows: 1) 22 law schools have legal information research subjects as an essential or fundamental part of their curricula. Also, 2) in 14 law schools(63.6%) law librarians take part in the instruction of law information research subject, while in three law schools(13.6%) librarians do not participate, and in another three law schools(13.6%) outside experts teach them. Finally, 3) the graduate degrees or final majors of librarians participating in instruction are: Library & Information Science(33.3%), Administration(25%), and Law(25%). These results reflect the need for efforts to change instruction systems to team teaching with professors and law librarians, to give law libraries plenty of administrative support, and to enforce the related associations' roles with law libraries.

Teachers' Expectations for Reforming Primary School Library Services (초등학교도서관의 봉사 개선을 위한 교사의 기대)

  • 김병주
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.119-146
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of school education and that of school library services are the same and the school librarians are expected to provide useful programs for the curriculum development. The effective operation of the school library need to be reformed in spite of various obstacles. If the primary school teachers perception and expectation on school librarians'roles are appropriate this will greatly motivate and mare active utilization of school library by the students. The purpose of this study are to survey the role of school librarian and to friend out the perception and expectation of primary school teachers on the school library services and finally to use its results for more efficient management of school library in teaching programs. It is conclude, base on the results, that they recognize the importance of school library and need to assign school librarians and also expect various services including school library education programs.

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A Study on the Application Status of RDA and Librarians' Perceptions in University Libraries in Korea (국내 대학도서관의 RDA 적용현황 및 사서들의 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Sungwon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.56 no.3
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    • pp.363-389
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    • 2022
  • The study aims to investigate the perception of RDA by domestic university library librarians, the current status and plan of RDA application in university libraries, and propose considerations for establishing RDA in domestic university libraries. Through literature review, questionnaire items were prepared to investigate librarians' perception of RDA and the status of RDA in university libraries, and the application status of cataloging rules and education status of cataloging rules in Korea were investigated. Based on the results of the survey, the conversion of the cataloging rules from AACR2 to RDA requires expansion of RDA education and development of curriculum for librarians, and efforts and support such as preparing RDA format and application guidelines at the library level. At the level of national institutions such as the National Library of Korea, implications such as the necessity of enacting RDA application guidelines were presented.

A Study on Improvement of the System of Teachers' Training to Strengthen Teacher Librarians' Expertise in Korea (사서교사 양성제도의 개선방향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.97-116
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    • 2010
  • Since the present training system of Korean teacher librarians is not adequate to strengthen their expertise, the training system should be changed. The purpose of this study is to suggest an improvement of the system, which prescribes their curriculums. To do this, first of all, the requirements for being given a national teacher certification are explored. Secondly, three major previous studies are reviewed. As a result, three subjects have been added to the present curriculum which consists presently of eight subjects. The added subjects are library and information education, information literacy and collaboration and collection development.

An Analysis on the Awareness and Cooperative Class Experience of the Media and Information Literacy(MIL): Targeting the Teachers in Gyeonggido Office of Education (미디어 정보 리터러시(MIL) 인식과 협력수업 경험 분석 - 경기도교육청 소속 교원을 대상으로 -)

  • Juhyeon Park;Jeonghoon Lim;YoungSun Paek;Seohyun Kim
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.55 no.2
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    • pp.133-157
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    • 2024
  • The purpose of this study is to obtain basic information necessary to set the content and direction of MIL cooperative teaching by analyzing elementary and secondary school teachers' MIL awareness and cooperative teaching experience. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on cooperative classes, media, and MIL among 401 teachers in the Gyeonggido Office of Education. The analysis results are as follows. ① It is necessary to provide teachers with the experience of cooperative classes and develop MIL cooperative class models and manuals, ② It is necessary to apply the MIL curriculum to school education and operate it as a cooperative classes, ③ The types of media used in the MIL curriculum should be developed by reflecting the development stage and the opinions of educational experts. ④ In the MIL curriculum, it is necessary to deal with 'information comprehension (reading) and evaluation competency education'. ⑤ It is necessary to use school libraries and teacher-librarians in promoting students' MIL improvement policies. As a follow-up study, it is necessary to conduct MIL cooperative instructional models and MIL curriculum studies.

A Study about Curriculum for Assistant Librarian Education (준사서 교육을 위한 교과과정 연구)

  • 소시중
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.79-108
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is a survay and analysis about the curriculum for assistant librarian. for this pupose, first a literature study was done along with interviews with assistant libraian, second a questionnaries survay was conducted among professor, library administriatiors and assistant librarians, and the survey data were analysed by SAS packages.

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Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the Library and Information Science Curriculum: The Practicum in Library Schools in Rivers State

  • Juliet Alex-Nmecha;Onyema Nsirim
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.27-38
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    • 2023
  • The study investigated the Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the Library and Information Science Curriculum: The Practicum in Library Schools in Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was used with a population 374 comprising 21 LIS educators and 353 Four Hundred Level Library and Information Science Students from University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt. Census sampling technique was used to select the LIS educators and purposive sampling technique was used to the select the Four Hundred Level LIS students. Questionnaire and checklist were used for data collection. 90% and 97% responses were found valid for analysis for LIS Educators and LIS students respectively. The study was analyzed using mean rating, standard deviation and simple percentage. The study revealed that ICT courses were integrated into LIS curriculum in Library schools in Rivers State but LIS educators lacked the ICT skills to teach ICT practicum consequently, the students were not properly taught ICT practicum. However, students had positive perception of ICT practicum. Notwithstanding, lack of ICT skills, poor policy implementation, lack of state-of-the-art infrastructure and nonchalant attitudes of staff towards the adoption of ICT constituted the challenges faced in the implementation of ICT practicum. The study therefore, recommended that the management of library schools in Rivers State should implement ICT practicum by hiring competent staff maybe from computers science department to teach the practicum for the interim. Subsequently, recruitment of librarians should include strictly ICT compliant.

An Analysis on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of the US -Focusing on the Contents of Library and Information Services (미국의 초중등교육법 분석: 문헌정보 서비스 내용을 중심으로)

  • Zhang, Lingling;Park, Juhyeon
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.357-380
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the Elementary and Secondary Education Act(ESEA) of the U.S. reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015 from the viewpoint of the library and information services, and to derive implications for improving the library and information services. For the first time, ESEA includes effective school library programs and school librarians, and links school library programs and school librarians with literacy, digital literacy, books, resources, up-to-date materials, technology, library services and educational services. It provides a financial and institutional base for library and information services in elementary and secondary schools of the US to be more conducted. In addition, school librarians are required to participate in personalized learning experiences, evidence-based assessments, and professional development in the law, so school librarians must provide library and information services to students, staff, and parents in order to improve student achievement and digital literacy. Based on these analyses, this study discussed strengthening access to the school library, specifying the work of the teacher-librarian's library and information services, strengthening collaboration with school members, educational activities based on evidence base, sharing educational effects and developing of library and information curriculum.

A Study on the Current Status and Educational Needs of Low-experienced Teacher Librarians' Instructional Expertise (저경력 사서교사의 전문성 영역에 대한 교육적 요구도 분석)

  • Jeong-Hoon, Lim;Byoung-Moon, So
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.167-188
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    • 2023
  • This study reviewed the current status of low-experienced teacher librarians with less than 5 years and attempted to identify their educational needs through IPA analysis, Borich Priority Formula, and The Locus for Focus Model. A survey was conducted on low-experienced teacher librarians with less than 5 years of experience to analyze their process in the pre-service teacher training and experiences before an appointment and to identify teacher librarians instructional expertise. The results of the analysis of the study are as follows. First, there was a statistically significant difference between the importance and performance in all areas of instructional expertise of low-experienced teacher librarians. Second, 'reading education-practice progress' was recognized as a 'Keep up good work' with high importance and satisfaction, and 'library-based instruction planning, progress evaluation', 'information literacy-curriculum design', and 'digital and media literacy education-progress and evaluation' were recognized as areas of 'Concentrate here' through IPA analysis. Third, In the Borich Priority Formula, 'teaching-learning evaluation', 'teaching-learning progress', and 'teaching-learning plan' in the Library based instruction area showed the highest educational needs. Fourth, the library-based instruction was shown to the high discrepancy/high importancy area as same as the Borich Proity Formula. The results of this study can provide implications for improving the instructional expertise of teacher librarians.