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An Attempt to Find Potential Group of Patrons from Library's Loan Records

  • Minami, Toshiro;Baba, Kensuke
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.5-8
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    • 2014
  • Social networking services that connect a person to other people are attracting our attention and various types of on-the-network services are provided. Library has been playing a role of social media by providing with materials such as books and magazines, and with a place for reading, studying, getting lectures, etc. In this paper, we present a method for finding candidates of groups of the library's patrons who share interest areas by utilizing the loan records, which are obtainable by every library. Such a homogeneous group can become a candidate for a study group, a community for exchange ideas, and other activity group. We apply the method to a collection of loan records of a university library, find some problem to be solved, and propose measures for more detailed solutions. Even though the potential group finding problem still remains a lot of problems to be solved, its potential importance is very high and thus to be studies even more for future applications.

A Study on Finding Potential Group of Patrons from Library's Loan Records

  • Minami, Toshiro;Baba, Kensuke
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2013
  • Social networking services that connect a person to other people are attracting people's attention and various types of services are provided on the Internet. Library has been playing a role of social media by providing us with materials such as books and magazines, and with a place for reading, studying, getting lectures, etc. In this paper, we present a method for finding candidates of groups of the library's patrons who share interest areas by utilizing the loan records, which are obtainable in every library. Such a homogeneous group can become a candidate for a study group, a community for exchange ideas, and other activity group. We apply the method to a collection of loan records of a university library, find some problems to be solved, and propose measures for more detailed solutions. Even though the potential group finding problem still remains a lot of issues to be solved, its potential importance is very high and thus to be studies even more for future applications.

A Study on the Library Anxiety of Public Library Senior User (공공도서관 시니어 이용자의 도서관불안에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Sun-Hye;Lee, Sung-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.257-276
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    • 2012
  • This study measures library anxiety using K-LAS for senior users, who constitute the smallest part of a public library users group. According to the findings, the overall score of library anxiety was 2.95, which was higher than the score of university students and local residents measured in previous studies. It was analyzed that the anxiety score of 'Digital Information' factor was the highest. In addition, it was found that the anxiety score was high in the old age group and the low education level group. Senior users whose intention of visit was to attend a community class and frequency of visit was lower showed higher library anxiety. This study suggests a method to reduce library anxiety of senior users, based on the analysis findings.

The Effects of Management Style on Job Satisfation and Library Performance in the Usm's Cook Memorial Library (SOUTHEN 미시시피 주립대 도서관의 경영 방식에 따른 업무 만족도 및 도서관 서 비스 효율성에 미치는 영향 분석)

  • Park, Sumg-ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.23-52
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    • 1988
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the differential evidence of the effects of management style on job satisfactiori and library performance in the liriiversity of Souther~l Misiissippi's Cook hlcmorial Library. No significa~it hfferences were foutid between management style arid job sarisfartio~t or. between management style and selected performance characteristics of the library ill tlw study. But r l e professional group differed from the no~i-professiotial group on job satisfactiori at rlw 0. 10 levc! of significance. Specially, the professional group differed significantly from the non-profcssiorial group ill iut rinsic sources of job satisfactior, !at the 0.02 level of significancej.

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Study on the Characteristics of Space Organization of School Community Library -Focusing on a fact-finding study of school community library through life-learning city project carried out by Gangneung-si- (학교마을도서관 공간구성 특성에 관한 연구 -강릉시 평생학습도시 사업을 통한 학교마을도서관의 실태조사를 중심으로-)

  • Moon, Jung-In;Lee, Yo-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 2011
  • The main purpose of this study is to analyze construction of space through the investigation of the cases of school community library through Gangneung-si's life-learning project and the findings from the analysis could be summarized as below. Firstly, most space used for school community library has the size of two classes in school on average and locals use generally space for reference and learning at school community library. Secondly, the construction of space of school community library is categorized into one for book-returning, references, reading, group learning and information, and an audio-visual space is also used for group learning and reading. A space for book-returning has features based on the location of its entrance and a space for reading features stand-up and sitting-on space considering size and usability. And a space for group learning has the feature of space planning that makes it possible for local people to get library programs and seminars and a space for information shows its feature of space planning that uses the wall.

Study on the Spatial Standard for Reading Rooms in University Libraries (대학도서관 열람실 공간기준에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Ho-Kyun
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.140-147
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    • 2016
  • This research aims to establish the size standard of university library's user space, and present the standard and method to calculate total area required in the planning of new building construction and remodeling. Nine university libraries newly constructed or remodeled since 2000 were selected among the libraries of large scale universities with more than 10,000 enrolled students as the target libraries in this research. The target libraries were classified into A group (five cases partially remodeled) and B group (four cases newly constructed or fully remodeled) on the basis of the change of times. A university library can be divided into three spaces (user space, administration space and public space). This research classified the reading room in the user space into bookshelf zone, reading zone, information/office zone and hall/other zone, and analyzed area ratio according to each zone. B group's bookshelf zone decreased 12% more than A group, and B group's reading zone increased 10% more than A group. However, there was no big change in the area ratio of information/office zone and hall/other zone. This can be interpreted that university library changes from book and archive preservation-oriented space to user-oriented space. This research presented a proper reading room area calculation method, based on the capacity of books, by reflecting such a change. Each zone's standard was set up through classification of domestic and international standards, based on which, the calculation method of university library's total floor area required was presented. The reason why there was difference in university library's total floor area required according to domestic standard and international standard was that the number of enrolled students per seat in the reading room was different. The area calculation methods presented in this research can be utilized as useful data upon planning university library construction or remodeling.

The Effects of College Students' Library Satisfaction on College Life Satisfaction (대학생의 도서관 이용 만족도가 대학 생활 만족도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Grace B.;Park, Soyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.67-87
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    • 2017
  • This study aims to investigate the effects of college students' library satisfaction on college life satisfaction. In order to test this relationship, two surveys were conducted involving 360 college students at two universities in Seoul. The results of the first survey show that after controlling for the educational service satisfaction and facilities satisfaction, there is a significant influence of college students' library satisfaction on college life satisfaction. The second study added variables for the three components of library service quality (librarian service quality, library resources and service quality, and library facilities and environmental quality). The results of the second survey show that there is a significant influence of library service quality on college library satisfaction, and again a significant influence of college students' library satisfaction on college life satisfaction. Moreover, the results of two group analysis show that the influence of college library satisfaction on college life satisfaction is stronger in high usage group than low usage group. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

A Study on the Assessment of Location Environment of a Regional Central Library - The Case of Daegu Metropolitan City - (지역대표도서관 입지환경 평가에 관한 연구 - 대구광역시를 중심으로 -)

  • Yoo, Jae-Woo;Kim, Sin-Young
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.427-450
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    • 2015
  • This study examines locational environment factors for the construction of a Daegu metropolitan main library. We presented 12 evaluation factors in 4 large categories(social, physical, economical, and business promotion condition) and evaluated 7 proposed sites for Daegu metropolitan central library based on expert group verification. To the end, the results of assessment between researchers and expert group were arranged to coincide with each other. So, we secured the objectivity and validity. The result of this study can be used for assessing the site environment for a metropolitan central library and other public libraries.

The Impact of Teacher Librarian's Professionalism on the School Library Revitalization (사서교사의 전문성이 학교도서관 활성화에 미치는 영향 - 경상북도 학교도서관의 운영실태분석을 중심으로 -)

  • Kwon, Eun-Kyung
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.247-276
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the survey and prove the role and impact of teacher librarian's professionalism on the School Libraries Revitalization. The samples of the survey, consisted 96 school libraries in Kyungbuk Province, were revitalized before 2005 by School Library Revitalization Project of Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Korea. The samples were divided into two groups; the one group consisted of 47 libraries managed by teacher librarian, and the other group consisted of 49 libraries which were managed by class teachers who are not majored in Library Science. The questionnaires were mainly conducted by survey but interview, telephone, and e-mail method also used. The state of the art of the library management, including budget, acquisition, cataloging, collection management, circulation, information technology, and the services for the faculties and students between two groups were analyzed and compared. The results showed that teacher librarian group offers more user-tailored and intensive services than class teacher group.

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The Library Anxiety of Information Users in their 20s in East-Asia (동아시아 청년층 정보이용자의 도서관불안에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Mihyang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.253-272
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    • 2015
  • This study analyzed library awareness and anxiety among people in their 20s living in East Asia. The objective is to develop the international library cooperation agenda for life-long education proliferation. User groups in Korea, China, and Japan were investigated to understand the differences in library awareness based on the situational contexts such as preferred resources, use frequency, educational level, and gender. Results of the data analysis showed the correlation between library anxiety and use patterns such as preferred information sources and frequency of use. Specifically, the user group in China has the highest level of library anxiety with every factor. Also, the Korean user group was measured to have the lowest level of library anxiety in terms of digital information factor. Based on these results, the study presents several recommendations for resolving library anxiety such as embracing new information need with regard to environmental change and suggesting a new space policy for libraries.