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Development of Evaluation Indicators for Level of Service on Academic Library Users with Disabilities (대학도서관의 장애인 서비스 수준 측정을 위한 평가지표 개발)

  • Park, Jong-Bae
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.71-92
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the service factors of university libraries which aim to improve the educational welfare of the disabled, and to develop an evaluation indicator to evaluate these vital service factors. To proceed with this study, guidelines of public library services for people with disabilities, and previous research and job description of academy library analysed and developed indicators suited for evaluating academic library services for people with disabilities. A pilot survey and main survey about the evaluation factors and indicators conducted with librarians who work for university libraries, and the questions were refined by exploratory factor analysis of the data collected from the survey. As a result, through the process of identifying reliability and validity, it turned out that the evaluation factor and subordinate index of university library services for the disabled consisted of 8 factors and 33 indicators.

An Investigation on the Opinion of the Librarian concerning the Subject-Specialized Service and Librarianship (주제별 특성화서비스 및 주제전문사서에 대한 현장사서의 의견 조사 연구)

  • Noh, Younghee;Oh, Euikyung;Sim, Hyojung
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.321-350
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the field librarians' opinions of the library specialization and specialized librarian and understand the librarians' working conditions and environment. Questionnaire were developed based on the previous studies and surveys were conducted with the librarians of public libraries, university libraries, and professional librarians across the nation. A total of 392 librarians have responded to the survey. As for the main result, the users' satisfaction with the specialization service was perceived to be high, and the most difficult matter in performing the specialization service is the lack of knowledge on the subject matter, and the library environment for the specialization service is not enough. The specialization service should be led by the theme specialized librarians, and the qualification criteria for the theme specialized librarians are required, and the qualification systems should be managed by the state.

Discovery Layer in Library Retrieval: VuFind as an Open Source Service for Academic Libraries in Developing Countries

  • Roy, Bijan Kumar;Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi;Biswas, Anirban
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.3-22
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    • 2022
  • This paper provides an overview of the emergence of resource discovery systems and services, along with their advantages, best practices, and current landscapes. It outlines some of the key services and functionalities of a comprehensive discovery model suitable for academic libraries in developing countries. The proposed model (VuFind as a discovery tool) performs like other existing web-scale resource discovery systems, both commercial and open-source, and is capable of providing information resources from different sources in a single-window search interface. The objective of the paper is to provide seamless access to globally distributed subscribed as well as open access resources through its discovery interface, based on a unified index. This model uses Koha, DSpace, and Greenstone as back-ends and VuFind as a discovery layer in the front-end and has also integrated many enhanced search features like Bento-box search, Geodetic search, and full-text search (using Apache Tika). The goal of this paper is to provide the academic community with a one-stop shop for better utilising and integrating heterogeneous bibliographic data sources with VuFind (https://vufind.org/vufind).

The Framework to Support a Common Way for Context-aware Applications

  • Baek, Jong-Kwun;Jung, Hae-Sun;Jeong, Chang-Sung
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.279-282
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we introduce the general way for producing context information to support context-aware applications. It can fetch raw data from the service environments, translate it to reasonable context information, and provide to multiple applications. It is designed originally for the ubiquitous computing middleware and based on the ontology processing model. Automated service applications can use this system as the form of libraries or of web services for deciding its semantic cause of action.

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A Study on Curation Service in University Library based on Gamification MDA+ (게이미피케이션 MDA+ 기반 대학도서관 큐레이션 서비스에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seonghun;Hwang, Seonmin
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.261-291
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    • 2019
  • In the rapidly changing information environment, users' information needs are diversified, and the necessity for libraries to provide customized curation services away from traditional services is increasing. Although the Second University Library Promotion Plan (2019~2023) mentions user-centered customized services, it is difficult to implement customized curation services in the current university library situation. Therefore, this study examined the theory and case of gamification applied to various fields inside and outside the library to apply gamification to the library, suggested MDA+ and found the junction with library curation service, and built gamification-based curation service prototype for job roadmap in university library. Finally, implications were drawn through verification of field experts.

Application of Performance Indicators for Digital Library Services Focusing on the Analysis of ISO/DIS 11620 : 2007 (디지털도서관 서비스의 성과지표 측정 및 적용 - ISO/DIS l1620 : 2007을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Jae-Hwang;Kwak, Seung-Jin;Kim, Jeong-Taek
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.81-102
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the ISO/DIS 11620 : 2007(library performance indicators) in terms of structures, objectives, and BSC, and to apply the selected performance indicators to the digital library services for the case of 'B' University in Korea. Standardization of library statistics and of qualify or performance measures for libraries is carried on within ISO in the frame of the TC46/SC8/WG4. While the first edition of ISO 11620 grouped the indicators as to service areas, the ISO/DIS 11620:2007 uses the structure of the balanced scorecard(BSC). For the study, 44 performance indicators are grouped into traditional, hybrid. and digital libraries according to the characteristics of them. Ten selected Performance indicators, which are classified into digital libraries, are verified for the applicability.

A Study on the Management of Online Real-Time Reference Service in Academic Libraries (대학도서관 온라인 실시간 정보서비스 운영방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hae-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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    • 2005.08a
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구는 대학도서관을 중심으로 전자 정보서비스의 현황을 파악하고 이용자와 사서의 인식을 조사하여 도입 초기단계에 있는 국내 대학도서관에 온라인 실시간정보서비스의 운영방안을 제시하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 이론적 연구와 실증적 연구에서 분석된 결과를 기초로 하여 계획, 정책, 실행의 측면으로 운영방안을 제시하였다. 서비스와 이용자의 특성을 고려한 계획과 기존 전자 정보서비스를 반영한 정책을 기반으로 효율적 교육 및 홍보와 평가를 통한 실행이 요구된다.

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Big Deal, Open Access, Google Scholar and the Subscription of Electronic Scholarly Contents at University Libraries (빅딜, 오픈액세스, 구글학술검색과 대학도서관의 전자학술정보구독)

  • Shim, Wonsik
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.143-163
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    • 2012
  • The dominant model of acquiring scholarly contents at academic libraries is so called big deal where libraries subscribe to a bundle of hundreds, if not thousands of journals in a multi-year contract with fixed annual rate increase. The bid deal, started in the mid-1990s, offered a number of advantages for academic libraries and their users. However, escalating prices for these packages have become a serious issue casting doubts about the sustainability of the subscription-based model. At the moment, it appears there is no viable alternative other than pay-per-view method that is being tested at some libraries. Libraries' budget situation will remain a key factor that might change the situation. Open access started in the 2000s as a vehicle to eliminate barriers to publishing and distributing peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. Open access publishing is witnessing two-digit growth annually. Open access articles now occupy close to 20% of two major citation databases: Scopus and Web of Science. Google Scholar service, debuted in late 2004, is now a popular tool for discovering and accessing scholarly articles from a vast selection of journals around the world. There is a call for taking Google Scholar seriously as a potential replacement of library databases amid concerns regarding the quality of journals indexed, limited search capabilities vis-$\grave{a}$-vis library databases, and monopoly of public goods. Escalating budget problems, rapid growth of open access publishing and the emergence of powerful free tool, such as Google Scholar, need to be taken seriously as these forces might bring disruptive changes to the existing subscription-based model of scholarly contents at academic libraries.

A Study on the Cloud Collection (클라우드 컬렉션에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Jane
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.201-219
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    • 2012
  • Cloud collection, which is derived from cloud computing, is a framework that creates new value through library cooperative platform to preserve and manage libraries' duplicated collection. Due to E-book market vitalization and mass digitalization of retrospective print material, new library collection management paradigm has been expected that licensed based E-book service and management of shared print repository. This study discuss cloud collection concept which digital repository and Shared print repository are in complementary relations. And suggest cloud collection model can be applicable to Korean university libraries.

A study of the librarians' morale in national and public libraries (${\cdot}$공립공공도서관 사서직의 사기에 관한 연구)

  • Park In-ung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.5
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    • pp.125-151
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    • 1978
  • It can be expected for a public library to increase the service efficiency only when librarians can be satisfied with their job. Job satisfaction is the feeling a librarian has about his salary, his work, his promotion opportunities, his co- workers, his supervisors, etc. and affects directly librarians' morale. This paper is a study on these factors that affect the professional librarians' morale in national and public libraries in Korea. The methods employed to achieve the purpose of this study are (1) to establish some tentative factors affecting librarians' morale (2) to gather and analyze the answers against them from the professional librarians working in national and public libraries in Seoul, Korea. (3) to find out the factors abstructing the librarias' morale (4) to propose the improvement plans for them. The conclusions made are as follows: (1) Delegation of rights and responsibilities. (2) Adoption of the democratic leadership. (3) The harmonious communications between managers and librarians. (4) The level of wages and allowance. (5) Revision of the librarians' promotion regulation. (6) Necessity of continuing education of librarians. (7) Satisfaction of welfare facilities. (8) Improvement of social acknowledgement for the librarians' professionalism according to the advancement the level of educational course.

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