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A Study on the Development of User Experience Indicators for The Knowledge and Information Resource System (지식정보자원시스템 이용자 경험 지표개발에 관한 연구)

  • Chun, Jung Hyun;Lee, Jee Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.209-236
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    • 2020
  • This study describes a set of user experience indicators developed for the evaluation of knowledge and information resource systems. The user experience perspectives had emerged as a new analysis standard in the field of information media and information service research. The study included a survey conducted to verify the derived experience factors and developed them as indicators. The survey data was gathered from 158 participants in the preliminary and 480 participants in the main study. The applied analysis techniques were descriptive statistics, the exploratory factor analysis, the confirmatory factor analysis, the correlation analysis, and the path analysis. The results introduced seven user experience factors, 37 detailed user experience factors, and 105 system perception factors as the final user experience indicators. The developed and verified indicators should measure the degree of user experience perceived by users of the knowledge and information resource system and conduct effective evaluations that reflect correlation rather than a simple comparison of each experience factor.

Development of an Editor for Reference Data Library Based on ISO 15926 (ISO 15926 기반의 참조 데이터 라이브러리 편집기의 개발)

  • Jeon, Youngjun;Byon, Su-Jin;Mun, Duhwan
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.390-401
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    • 2014
  • ISO 15926 is an international standard for integration of lifecycle data for process plants including oil and gas facilities. From the viewpoint of information modeling, ISO 15926 Parts 2 provides the general data model that is designed to be used in conjunction with reference data. Reference data are standard instances that represent classes, objects, properties, and templates common to a number of users, process plants, or both. ISO 15926 Parts 4 and 7 provide the initial set of classes, objects, properties and the initial set of templates, respectively. User-defined reference data specific to companies or organizations are defined by inheriting from the initial reference data and the initial set of templates. In order to support the extension of reference data and templates, an editor that provides creation, deletion and modification functions of user-defined reference data is needed. In this study, an editor for reference data based on ISO 15926 was developed. Sample reference data were encoded in OWL (web ontology language) according to the specification of ISO 15926 Part 8. iRINGTools and dot15926Editor were benchmarked for the design of GUI (graphical user interface). Reference data search, creation, modification, and deletion functions were implemented with XML (extensible markup language) DOM (document object model), and SPARQL (SPARQL protocol and RDF query language).

A Study on Relation Analysis between Book and Category in Bibliotherapy Catalog (독서치료 독서목록에서의 카테고리와 치유서의 관계 분석 연구)

  • Baek, Jae Eun
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.217-239
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    • 2015
  • For bibliotherapy, users should understand their own life situation, select and access the book (self-help book). User access to book through situation catalog (or list) in reading list, but user is difficult to define and simplify in one word after understanding their own situation. Catalog of bibliotherapy reading list classifies books using one situation category or maximum of two categories other than the age-specific classification. In this study, the author approached and analyzes based on the result of the research on the relationship between bibliotherapy and reading list, in order that access more efficiently to book what user wants. Bibliotherapy reading-list by using mapping and crosswalk between categories, and analyzes category of reading lists through comprehensive review.

A Study on the Methods to Manage Private Records Utilizing AtoM (Access to Memory): Focused on 'Archive Village' (AtoM을 활용한 민간기록물 관리방안 -'기록사랑마을' 중심으로-)

  • Yuk, Hye-In;Kim, Yong;Jang, Jun-Kab
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.79-105
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to propose management plans for 'Archive Village' that are operating in order to protect important private records and archives. Since 2008, Archive Villages from National Archives of Korea have had nearly 3,000 more records by 2014. However, many users have had difficulties to know the status of the recorded material, even less access to record's informations. This problem arising is that it is difficult to manage and use records. The purpose of this study is to propose a plan for the management of records, which is to realize the 'Computerization of records' official opinion, one of which was raised in the previous study. Because the project is facing the issue of 'human resources and costs', 'the burden of system construction'. This study is implemented records management system considering the problems noted above, utilizing AtoM (Access to Memory).

The Design and Development of Linked Data from Authority Data in National Archives of Korea (기록물 전거통제 기반 Linked Data 구축에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Ok-Nam
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.5-25
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to develop linked data of authority data in national archives of Korea as a cornerstone for linked data cloud of Korea. The study analyzed data structure of authority data as well as a retrieval system. It finally developed linked data based on RDF/OWL, Dublin Core, and SKOS. The study also employed TopBraid ComposerTM as a tool for ontology construction. The visualization of the tool provides users with flexible search and browsing between data as well as access of detail authority data. It complements the search of a current system in terms of flexible linking between records and authority data. The study also suggests future work to publish linked data of archival data set itself and make rich relationships among data in museums, libraries, and other archives.

A Study on the Establishment of One-stop Portal Service for Humanities and Social Assets (인문사회자산 원스톱 포털 서비스 구축 방안 연구)

  • Noh, Younghee;Jeong, Daekeun;Kwak, Woojung
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.73-97
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    • 2018
  • The study is to make a development initiative for humanities and social assets one-stop portal services intended for researchers, thereby establishing long-term road map for Korean Research Memory(KRM) in National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF). The empirical studies conducted for this purpose are as follows: SWOT analysis of KRM's internal and external environment; Usability test for 90 graduate students; Focus group interview for 8 experts. The results of the studies are as follows. First, KRM needs to focus on the sustainability of information provision as well as the integration of research provision. Second, KRM needs to establish the strategy of acquisition for R&D products in quality. Third, KRM needs to be the hub of humanities and social assets and social network platform for researchers. Forth, KRM needs to develop education service for lay users as well as research services for professional researchers.

An Investigation on Non-Relevance Criteria for Image in Failed Image Search (이미지 검색 실패에 나타난 비적합성 평가요소 규명에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, EunKyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.417-435
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    • 2016
  • Relevance judgment is important in terms of improving the effectiveness of information retrieval systems, and it has been dominant for users to search and use images utilizing internet and digital technologies. However, in the field of image retrieval, there have been only a few studies in terms of identifying relevance criteria. The purpose of this study aims to identify and characterize the non-relevance criteria from the failed image searches. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, a total of 135 participants were recruited and a total of 1,452 criteria items were collected for this study. Analyses and identification on the data set found thirteen criteria such as 'topicality', 'visual content', 'accuracy', 'visual feature', 'completeness', 'appeal to user', 'focal point', 'bibliographic information', 'impression', 'posture', 'face feature', 'novelty', and 'time frame'. Among these criteria, 'visual content' and 'focal point' were introduced in this current study, while 'action' criterion identified in previous studies was not shown in this current study. When image needs and image uses are analyzed with these criteria, there are distinctive differences depending on different image needs and uses.

The Evaluation of Web Contents by User 'Likes' Count: An Usefulness of hT-index for Topic Preference Measurement

  • Song, Yeseul;Park, Ji-Hong;Shim, Jiyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.27-49
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest an appropriate index for evaluating preferences of Web contents by examining the h-index and its variants. It focuses on how successfully each index represents relative user preference towards topical subjects. Based on data obtained from a popular IT blog (engadget.com), subject values of the h-index and its variants were calculated using 53 subject categories, article counts and the 'Likes' counts aggregated in each category. These values were compared through critical analysis of the indices and Spearman rank correlation analysis. A PFNet (Pathfinder Network) of subjects weighted by $h_T$ values was drawn and cluster analysis was conducted. Based on the four criteria suggested for the evaluation of Web contents, we concluded that the $h_T$-index is a relatively appropriate tool for the Web contents preference evaluation. The $h_T$-index was applied to visually represent the relative weight (topic preference by user 'Likes' count) for each subject category of the real online contents after suggesting the relative appropriateness of the $h_T$-index. Applying scientometric indicators to Web information could provide new insights into, and potential methods for, Web contents evaluation. In addition, information on the focus of users' attention would help online informants to plan more effective content strategies. The study tries to expand the application area of the h-type indices to non-academic online environments. The research procedure enables examination of the appropriateness of the index and highlights considerations for applying the indicators to Web contents.

An Evaluative study on information quality of ASKERIC databases (ASKERIC 데이터베이스의 품질에 관한 연구)

  • 이명희
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.221-240
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    • 1998
  • This study concerns information quality of the database which has been produced in the ASKERIC database. The measures used in this study were accuracy of the records. consistency, completeness and currency. Accuracy was measurred in terms of the keywords used in different ways in the US and Britain and the spelling errors in the records. Consistency was measured in terms of 'see also' and 'see reference' mechanism and character capitalization. Completeness was measured as follows: completeness of the search fields in the record and relevance of search fields. Currency was measured using the publication date. The experimental result showed that ERIC databases had some errors in terms of accuracy. consistency. completeness and currency. However, continuous striving for the automatic error checking functions and the policy of feedback from users have contributed to the improvement of the quality in ERIC databases.

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A Study on the Motivation and User Satisfaction of Medical Students Using the Academic Search Engines (의과대학 대학원생의 학술정보 검색엔진 이용 동기 및 이용자 만족도에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, Saebom;Yi, Yongjeong
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.197-216
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    • 2019
  • The study aimed to investigate the motivation and user satisfaction of medical school graduate students using specific academic information sites, and examines the effect of usage motivation factors on user satisfaction. This study was conducted from September 10, 2018 to September 21, 2018 by a large medical school graduate student in Seoul, and analyzed 135 valid responses. According to the analysis, the degree of reliability and interactivity of PubMed is higher than that of Google Scholar in medical school graduate students' use of academic information sites. It was found to have a significant effect on user satisfaction of academic information sites. In particular, convenience has the greatest influence on users' choice of academic information sites. The results of the study are of theoretical implications in that the discussion of academic information services through web sites is explained in terms of use and satisfaction in the context of medical information. On the other hand, specific research results provide practical implications for improving the services of medical-related academic search engines.