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A Study on the Development & Application of Project-Based Learning Program for Promoting the Pre-Education Librarians' Self-Efficacy in Education Services (예비교육사서를 위한 PBL환경의 교수역량 강화프로그램 개발 및 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Jong-Kee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.221-239
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to cultivate the educational competency of pre-librarians in the Department of Library & Information Science. To achieve this, first, the program is developed which is based by PBL(Project Based Learning) method for LIS education. Second, the questionnaire for education librarian self-efficacy is developed to measure the education librarian self-efficacy. Third, data were collected from 42 LIS undergraduate students at the beginning and end of the semester-long program during which it was adopted. The data were analyzed by paired t-test with SPSS. Analysis shows the program has a significant effect on the improvement of educational self-efficacy for pre-education librarians. Also, it is hoped that for this program will be applied to continuing education programs for education librarians and teacher librarians.

A Study on the Web User Service of the Bibliographic Network (서지 네트워크의 웹 이용자 서비스 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Won
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.5-17
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    • 2010
  • Search engines, web portal sites, online book stores are being the main stream of information network. Library and its catalog has not influenced as the way it had been to the information network any more. Thus, institutions leading the bibliographic network started to pay much attention to the web user service. This article firstly reviewed the development of the bibliographic network, next generation catalog interface and OPAC 2.0, and investigated the case of OCLC in detail. Based on the reviews, this study suggested the development plan of bibliographic network focusing on the web user service in terms of the three strategies. It is hoped that this article will be the basic study for the future of the bibliographic network and the reference for the changes and improvements of libraries and catalog services.

Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviors among Korean Mothers of Young Children in the United States (미국 내에 거주하는 한인 어머니들의 건강정보 필요성과 탐색 행동연구)

  • Lee, Hanseul Stephanie
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.209-228
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    • 2017
  • Previous studies have noted mothers' roles as active health information seekers, health managers, and caregivers for their family members. However, little is known about health information needs and seeking behaviors among Korean mothers of young children living in the United States. Using paper-based surveys, this study found that vaccination, child dental health, parenting, nutrition and diets, and physical exercise were ranked as the five most important health topics by the Korean mothers of young children aged 0 to 10 years old in this sample. Furthermore, this study revealed that mothers of boys evaluated the importance of two topics significantly higher than those of girls: circumcision (t=3.16, p < .01) and breastfeeding (t=2.47, p < .05). Also, age of child was an important factor influencing mothers' information needs in three health topics: child dental health (F=5.292, p < .01), physical exercise (F=7.107, p < .01), and child skin care (F=5.640, p < .01). Implications for developing health information services are also discussed.

A Study on Outward Design Strategies to Enhance Publicity into Contemporary Libraries (공공성 구현을 위한 현대 도서관의 외부지향 계획 특성 연구)

  • Moon, Eun Mi
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.212-220
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    • 2015
  • The study aims to identify the design character of libraries today into outwardness which enhances publicity in the library buildings. This design trend tends to be emphasized in contemporary civic libraries. In these days, the libraries become not only to be the traditional places of information but also to be the multi-purpose places to provide community services and cultural spaces. Thus the contemporary libraries, especially big civic libraries, are willing to open to the public of diverse purposes and to accelerate social communication among them through outward design in the buildings. This study surveys literatures and identify accessibility, symbolism, openness, amenity, connection, as the characters of publicity in the libraries. The study also examines the outward design strategies of the libraries which enhance publicity in the ways of design to connect surrounding environment, to symbolize buildings, to wrap transparent external surfaces and to build interior spaces. The study finds in the case studies of ten outstanding civic libraries abroad which were built in relatively recent years that the outward design is achieved mainly through four ways. First, the libraries have connection with surrounding urban environment, thus have continuities from the surrounding. Second, the libraries have the shapes of landmarks which expose themselves and their roles to the outside. Third, the libraries have transparent surfaces through which outdoor environment penetrates into the buildings. Fourth, the libraries have corridors and halls which look like traditional urban public streets and plazas. The study concludes that outward design strategies which employ in contemporary libraries enhance publicity in the libraries. Thus the libraries can perform as multi-functional cultural and open places which accelerate social interactions among the public of cities. This study has the value as a research which emphasizes outwardness as the design strategies which enhance publicity in contemporary libraries.

A Comparative Study of Metadata Standards for Serials (학술지 메타데이터의 표준화 체계에 관한 비교 연구)

  • Han Sung-Kook;Lee Hyun-Sil
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.415-440
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    • 2005
  • This paper analyses meta-data systems for serials in order to provide the fundamental infrastructure for serials-sharing systems based on semantic interoperability. According to the primitive features of serials information, meta-data for serials are classified into 3 main subsystems: serial identification Information, serial bibliographic information and serial holding information. The serial identification information that play the important role of the primary key in library management systems should be refined to accommodate serials with digital formats. Although MARC formats have been commonly used for the description of serial bibliographic information, a new meta-data format for serial bibliographic information that harmonize with the abundance of meta-data elements in MARC and the simplicity of DCMI. For serial holding information, the newly proposed standards such as ANSI/NSIO Z39.50 are adequate to grasp the varieties of serial holding patterns. It should be able to differentiate the level of description by means of the types of serial information services. As the current computing technology generally uses XML for the representation and Process of information, the meta-data system for serials should be based on XML.

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The Analysis of the Information Users' Needs and Information Seeking Behavior in He Field of Science and Technology (국내 과학기술분야 정보이용자의 요구 및 정보추구행태 분석)

  • Lee, Jee-Yeon;Han, Seung-Hee;Joo, Soo-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.127-141
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    • 2008
  • In this study, we investigated the information users' needs and information seeking behavior in the field of science and technology. We found that the science and technology researchers most frequently needed information while conducting the research & development related tasks and drafting research papers. The researchers attributed the main sources of research ideas to be the communication among colleagues and the literature review. The researchers's most preferred information sources were digital libraries, web search engines, and academic information portal. In conclusion, the science and technology researchers regarded the online use of electronic materials as the primary source of information. We hope that this investigation reported herein to be the foundation for developing user-centered information services for the science and technology discipline.

A Study on Possible Ways to Improve Policy Information Services and Demand Survey Analysis (정책정보서비스에 대한 수요조사 분석 및 개선방안 제안에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Hyun-Jin;Noh, Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.69-97
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    • 2008
  • Policy information is very valuable around the nation in its aspects of uniqueness, perofessionalism and specificity, so it has great significances to individual citizens. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare systematic instruments for anyone to have easy access to policy information owned by government and administrative institutions. And particularly, it is so impending to develop efficient policy information service(PIS) system. Indeed, however, Korea doesn't have yet established any policy or system to make policy information available on bloc to citizens. Thus, the purpose of this study is to conduct a survey to analyze actual profile of Korean policy information circulating institutions, and is also to analyze needs for domestic circulation of policy information, so that it can seek possible ways to consolidate domestic scattered policy information into a nationwide information system to improve national policy information infrastructure of Korea.

Developing an Evaluation Indicator of Institutional Repositories toward Efficient Distribution Infrastructure of National Knowledge focusing on the dCollection (국가 지식정보의 효율적인 유통체제 구축을 위한 대학 리포지토리 평가 지표 개발: dCollection을 중심으로)

  • Kim Hyun-hee;Kwak Byeong-Heui;Ahn Tae-Kyoung;Chang Woo-Kwon;Lee Soo-Young
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.85-107
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to develop an evaluation indicator of institutional repositories to be used by participating university libraries of dCollection. Based on the literature reviews of digital library evaluation, core evaluation measures and criteria were identified. In order to verify the applicability and appropriateness of those evaluation criteria for institutional repositories, two methods were employed: A case study with sixteen university libraries and a Delphi study with twenty university libraries. The results of both studies led the development of an evaluation model which consisted of four evaluation dimensions and 29 criteria. This evaluation model should be utilized as tools for objective assessment and guidelines for improving institutional repository services by universities libraries in which the dCollection is currently Implemented or the future plan of the dCollection is underway.

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A Study on the Roles of Public Libraries for the Life-long Education (공공도서관의 평생교육적 역할에 관한 고찰)

  • Kwack Dong-Chul
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.69-91
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    • 2005
  • Public libraries have been well adapted for the changes in lifestyle and socio-cultural environments brought by the rapid advancement of information technology, the development of mass communities, and the increase in leisure activities. Government and local communities demand public libraries to take in charge of providing lifelong education for the Public. Many Public libraries have worked as a center for life-long education, while carrying out various functions and services in close relation with the life of community members. Public libraries are in a very poor condition, lacking the facilities, professional workforce, budgets, and so on, which are sufficient to strengthen their role as a center for life-long education. In this study, the roles of public libraries in developing life-long education are examined as follows : First, the concepts and directions of life-long education are discussed : second, the roles of public libraries in facilitating life-long education are examined and third, the categories of life-long education programs of public libraries are suggested.

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Examining the Intellectual Structure of Records Management & Archival Science in Korea with Text Mining (텍스트 마이닝을 이용한 국내 기록관리학 분야 지적구조 분석)

  • Lee, Jae-Yun;Moon, Ju-Young;Kim, Hee-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.345-372
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    • 2007
  • In this study, the intellectual structure of Records Management & Archival Science in Korea was analyzed using document clustering, a widely used method of text mining, and document similarity network analysis. The data used in this study were 145 articles written on the subject of Records Management & Archival Science selected from five major representative journals in the field of Library & Information Science in Korea, published from 2001 to 2006. The results of cluster analysis show that the core subject areas are "electronic records management and digital Preservation," "records management policy and institution," "records description and catalogues." and "records management domain and education." The results of document analysis, which is more detailed than cluster analysis, show that "digital archiving," a specialized subject in digital preservation, plays a central role. The results of serial analysis, which proceeds according to a timeline, show the emergence of "archival services" as a new subject area.