• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.48-61
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• 2017

This paper uses 601 cited papers of Pakistani LIS researchers with the purpose to examine the individual performance of these Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers in terms of their research output and its impact on the LIS (national/international) literature by using various bibliometric indicators. A list of 139 authors was compiled with the help of the Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) and some other sources. Data were collected from Google Scholar and SPSS version 20 was utilized in order to identify the relationship between self-citations and various performance indices of the authors. The average citations received per paper vary from 1.80 to 10.08. About half of the papers were single-authored whereas less than one-fifth were by three or more authors. The authors who worked in collaboration produced more papers and received more citations. The h-index, g-index, hI-index, hI-norm, and e-index were used to determine the rank for each author. The intra-group citations grid revealed the volume of self-citations and a small group who cite each other more due to close academic and social relationships. The correlations between self-citations and the impact indices used revealed significant differences. Findings are useful for concerned institutions regarding award, promotions, etc. Further, future research should seriously consider the self-citations and social networking of authors while examining their citations-based research performance.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to improve library promotional marketing for the disabled by identifying requirements of public library disability services. This study aimed to investigate librarian service providers' awareness of library programs for the disabled in order to prepare a systematic plan for promoting such library services. Research methods used are a literature analysis and survey. First, the ratio of respondents with experience promoting activities and services for the disabled was less than 50%. Second, regarding methods for promoting library disability services, the respondents used library homepages, press releases, library user guides, library newsletters, and library pamphlets in that order. Third, when asked what kind of PR media the library disability service providers had experience with and how often they use it, library boards and banners were the most common response. Fourth, suggested improvements to the current design and content of PR materials included: clearer word choice (or greater understandability), more detailed descriptions, simpler layouts, and more interesting or eye-catching content in that order. Fifth, the library disability services which are in the most need of public relations were guide information for library disability services, Library and Information Service (DOI services and search services), using alternative materials and the library collection, and aiding the information search. Overall, when evaluating the promotion of disability services in Korea, the library's public relations for disabled services needs to improve because currently neither librarians nor the disabled community they are targeting has frequent or quality experience with it. Thus, the policy department for the library disability services must develop a variety of promotional strategies adjusted for each type of the disability and distribute PR materials to service providers individually, making sure to utilize effective PR methods.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2014

This study investigated the information environment of lecturers in Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria, in relation to their information seeking behavior, extent of use of the polytechnic library, perceptions of the resources and services of the library, level of awareness and extent of use of the open access model of scholarly communications, as well as the challenges of accessing and using information resources. It adopted the survey research method, using a questionnaire for data collection, while the descriptive statistics method was used to analyse the data, using tabular presentation and simple percentages. From a population of 280 lecturers for the study, a purposive sample of 164 was drawn. The findings showed that the lecturers' information needs are focused on online use; they hardly use the polytechnic library due to their perceptions of the resources and services of the library. They are, to a greater extent, aware of open access initiatives, but do not publish in open access outlets, while various challenges affect their access and use of information resources for teaching and research. A recommendation was made, among others, that the polytechnic management should pay more critical attention to the library especially in the areas of adequate, current and comprehensive collections on all the programmes of the institution, as well as the provision of wireless internet services on the campus through a public-private partnership arrangement.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제15권
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• pp.45-72
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• 1988

A study has been made prior to the emphatic research to see how the curriculum of the Library Science Departments, in general, has developed to date. In the principles of the composition of the curriculum of library science, research has been conducted to determine what decisions will be the most appropriate for the changing trend of the society, regarding the matters of general specialization versus subject specialization education, the definition, change and operation of the core subject, the expansion of the elective specialized subjects and the composition of the curriculum by types of the library, and the curriculum composition in terms of subject specilization. The curriculum should consist of a unified series of courses and other educational experiences, designed to meet specific program objectives. Principles and concepts should be emphasized, over routines and techniques. All students should study certain fundamental 'core' subjects, as well as more specialized electives. General education (studies outside of librarianship) should be a major component of the total education of the librarian. Fundamental core subjects should be treated as introductory courses covering deep studies that can provide the most inclusive information related to the library science field. They should be offered as pre-requisites required of all the students entering the Department of Library Science. Specialized subjects and interdisciplinary courses comprising subject concentration should be offered as electives at the advanced level.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.29-47
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• 2004

본고는 도서관 정보 서비스 및 이용자교육의 중요한 연구 영역인 도서관 불안에 관한 연구를 디지털 도서관 환경 측면에서 새로이 검토하였다. 특히 본 논문은 디지털 도서관이 활성화되기 전에 개발되어 현재까지 대부분의 도서관 불안 연구에서 측정도구로 사용된 Bostick(1992)의 도서관불안척도(Library Anxiety Scale: LAS)를 분석하면서 디지털 도서관 환경에서의 변화(예: 디지털 참고 정보봉사, 원격 이용의 증가, 서지교육에서 정보이용교육으로의 질적 전환 등)를 충분히 수용하지 못하고 있는 그 도구의 한계점을 파악한 후, 이 논의를 토대로 정보이용과 관련된 불안을 측정할 수 있는 새로운 도구개발의 필요성과 방향을 제시하고자 하였다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.405-426
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• 1999

Academic societies in the field of science and technology are major producers of domestic research information. These information are very important sources to researchers, students and so on. KORDIC built an integrated information system which facilitates the progress of building databases and promotes users easy access to databases. In order to build efficient society research information system, we investigated former cases and analyzed requirement of each society. We identified principal information sources and built an integrated information service system using internet homepage and information retrieval system(KRISTAL-II). In the future we will expand participating societies and focus on text-based information.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.45-60
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• 2018

Research performance evaluation in Korean universities follows strict guidelines that specify scoring systems for publication venue categories and formulas for co-authorship credit allocation. To find out how the standards differ across universities and how they differ from bibliometric research evaluation measures, this study analyzed 25 standards from major Korean universities and rankings produced by applying standards and bibliometric measures such as publication and citation counts, normalized impact score, and h-index to the publication data of 195 tenure-track professors of library and information science departments in 35 Korean universities. The study also introduced a novel impact score normalization method to refine the methodology from prior studies. The results showed the university standards to be mostly similar to one another but quite different from citation-driven measures, which suggests the standards are not quite successful in quantifying the quality of research as originally intended.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.189-210
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• 2002

문헌정보학과 교육실습실에는 분류와 편목의 실습 수업을 할 수 있는 분류·편목 실습실과 첨단의 매체나 시청각 기재 또는 실습용 교구를 사용하여 수업을 할 수 있는 영상매체 실습실, 인터넷을 통한 다양한 정보 검색 방법을 체득하게 하고, 정보착용 능력을 길러 주며, 컴퓨터 관련 정보학 교과 수업을 할 수 있는 정보처리 실습실을 둔다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.233-258
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• 2002

이 연구는 한국 공공도서관 운동의 역사를 총체적인 시각으로 정리하고 해석하였다. 공공도서관이 우리 사회의 지식정보의 공공성과 평등성을 위한 실제적인 대안임을 규명하고, 공공도서관을 중심으로 하는 지식과 정보의 공유를 실현하기 위한 사회운동의 방향을 제시하였다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.297-319
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• 2014

이 연구는 정보의 생산에서 소비까지의 전 과정에 필요한 교육은 물론 관련현상을 연구하는 강력한 학문으로 정착했음에도 불구하고 학문적 성격을 규명하기 쉽지 않은 문헌정보학의 특수한 상황에 대한 문제제기에서 시작되었다. 따라서 이 연구는 개인적 특수성과 수강경험이 문헌정보라는 용어인식에 영향을 미치는지, 영향을 미친다면 어떤 경로를 통해 영향을 미치는지를 탐색적으로 규명하는 것이 목적이다. 이와 같은 배경에서 이 연구는 전남대학교 재학생 328명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 개인적 특성과 관련하여 성별, 연령에 의한 차이는 발생하지 않았으며, 학년에 따른 차이는 발생하였다. 둘째, 수강경험과 관련하여 수강경험의 유무에 따른 차이는 발생하지 않았으며, 수강경험의 횟수와 수강경험의 유형에 따라서는 차이가 있었다. 셋째 개인적 특성 및 수강경험 등의 조건과 상관없이 응답자 대부분은 문헌정보라는 용어에 대한 의미를 문헌에 담긴 정보와 문헌에 대한 정보를 포괄하는 개념으로 이해하고 있었다. 이상의 결과를 통해 문헌정보학에서 의미하는 문헌정보라는 용어는 일반적으로 문헌과 정보의 화학적 결합보다는 범위의 확장으로 이해되고 있으며, 또한 특수한 개인적 경험에 의해 다르게 이해되기도 하는 다의적 용어라는 점과 이에 대한 학문적 규명작업이 필요함을 확인할 수 있다.