Jee-Yeon Lee

A study on the development of Korean academic libraries' duty model based on the job analysis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the jobs and duties involved in Korean academic libraries and to provide a clear picture of relative issues. This research will assist universities with the HR management and institutional development that are essential for appropriate role division, organizational diagnosis and rational reform, and increasing the expertise of librarians.Design/methodology/approach – All of the various duties being executed in academic libraries were identified. Korean academic libraries were requested to assist with the survey. Questionnaires were collected surveying the level of awareness of all the duties involved in the academic libraries and survey responses analyzed to determine the importance, difficulty, and professionalism of 189 library duties.Findings – Through this study, perceived levels of frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties related to academic libraries were surveyed and average values for each duty were compared and analyzed to formulate a duty ...

Empirical Research to Understand the User Perception and Requirement of Library 2.0

In this study, we wanted to find out about the perceptions and the requirements of the academic information service users about the Library 2.0. This study used the survey research method, which utilized the web-based survey using the academic information service users as the target population. Specifically, we studied whether and how the users recognized and experienced the Web 2.0 technologies and its related services with respect to Library 2.0. In addition, we gathered the requirements for the Library 2.0 concept applied information services. The analysis results showed that the users were in need of obtaining the most up-to-date information and also using the professional information services such as the experts generated information contents and the Google Scholar type document reference information services instead of the Library 2.0 services based on the Web 2.0 technologies.

A Study on the Site Selection of Public Libraries Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Technique and Geographic Information System

이 연구는 입지선정 과정에서 다양한 집단의 의사를 반영하고 객관성 있는 입지후보지를 선정하는 방법을 제시하고자 하였다. 제안하는 도서관 입지선정 모형은 입지기준의 중요도를 측정하는 계층분석법과 구체적인 입지를 선정하는 지리정보시스템을 통해서 이루어졌고 이를 서초구에 적용하였다. 먼저, 문헌연구를 통해 도서관 입지기준을 설정하였고 설정된 기준을 계층화하였다. 계층화된 기준 중에서 서초구 환경에 적합한 기준을 추출하여 설문지를 작성하였고 이를 도서관 이용자, 전문가, 행정 공무원의 세 집단을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시했다. 일관성을 유지하고 있는 설문만을 분석하여 각 기준들의 상대적인 중요도를 측정하였다. 다음으로, 도서관 입지 배제지역을 설정하였고 입지기준들의 지도 레이어를 작성하였다. 레이어를 설문을 통해 얻은 각 기준의 상대적인 중요도를 가중치로 하여 중첩함으로써 75개 후보지를 선정하였다. 선정된 후보지들을 기준별 유사도에 따라 5개의 클러스터로 군집화했고 적합도가 낮은 한 개의 군집을 제외한 네 개의 후보지를 최종 입지후보지로 제시했다.This study proposes a new site selection model which reflects integrated opinions of several groups and identifies sites through objectivity of selection procedure. The proposed model consists of two parts, Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) and Geographic Information(GIS). This model was applied to Seocho-gu in Seoul. First, library site selection criteria were determined through literature study. Hierarchical relationship based on the questionnaire was determined and refined to be suited to Seocho-gu case. A survey was conducted with three groups, namely, library users, librarians, and public worker. A few inconsistent answers to the survey questionnaire were excluded and the relative importance of each criterion was measured. Next, an overlay method was used and the relative importance was used as a weight for selecting candidates. This process excluded the areas where a library was unable to be built, for example, rivers, military areas, other restricted areas by law, etc. and resulted in seventy-five sites. Five groups of candidates were identified according to the similarity of criteria. Finally, four groups, after eliminating one lowly fitted group, were determined.

A Study on Information Searching Behavior of Smart Phone Users

This study aims to understand the information search behavior of smart phone users. The focus is on the subjects of sought information and the factors considered by the users during information seeking process. To gather the research data, a questionnaire survey was conducted. Some of the findings include that simple facts and the real-time updated topics were searched more often than the ones requiring complicated queries. It was also found that most of the important factors found to be relevant on the Web, and mobile information use environments were equally applicable to the smart phone information seeking cases.

A Study on the Non-use Factors of the Visually Disabled in Public Libraries

In Korea, public libraries lack the adequate services for the visually disabled, and therefore the visually disabled rarely use public libraries. This study aims to secure the information accessibility and usage rights for the visually disabled, and to suggest solutions in order to vitalize their use of public libraries. For this aim, the researcher investigated the reasons why the visually disabled did not use public libraries, extracted the correlations between their awareness of public library services and their actual use, and then tried to propose how to secure their right to use libraries and access to information and knowledge and improve their use of public libraries.

Designing and Evaluating Websites from both Users` and Designers` Perspectives

Diverse disciplines such as information science, computer science, cognitive science, and industrial design, are activity engaged in the website evaluation research efforts. Information scientists emphasize the importance of user-centered and user-friendly website design, which is also easy to use, This idea is based on the understanding that the users and the designers are different set of people. In addition, information scientists consider the practice of maximally incorporating user inputs during the website design to be very important guideline. However, this study is based on a newly emerging population of website users who are also designers. 218 study participants evaluated the websites that they designed in comparison to the websites designed by others. According to the survey data analysis, the study participants considered the content delivery, design simplicity, design consistency, and link access of the websites to be equally important from both users` and designers` perspectives. However, the content organization, rich content, and screen composition were underestimated from the designers` point of view whereas these factors were considered to be important from users` point of view.

The Development of User Interface Design Principles for Improving the Usability of University Course Management System

The study goal is to develop the user interface design principles to improve the usability of university course management systems. To achieve the goal, a usability study was conducted using a survey questionnaire and usability test. Eleven user interface design principles for university course management system were developed based on the usability study. This study has significance in that student opinions were incorporated directly into the user interface design principles of university course management system.

A Study on User Perception of Public Library Information Service Using Smart Phones

This paper aims to examine how users view information services that use today`s rapidly expanding smart phones and what their demands are. The research focus is specifically on public libraries where related studies or the provision of services is still lacking. For this study, users of public libraries were targeted for surveys and interviews. The results that Public library users showed positive views on using library information services and e-contents service on smart phones. But the users viewed smart phones as another point of access in accessing information services, not as something revolutionary to the existing library information services.

Examining the Collection Management Process in Public Libraries

이 연구는 국내 공공도서관의 장서관리 현황을 분석하고 요구사항을 조사하는데 그 목적이 있다. 장서관리의 세부운영지침을 조사하고 공공도서관의 유형에 따라 장서관리 지침 및 요구사항을 파악하고자 하였다. 공공도서관의 장서관리 지침은 세부적으로 일부 이용자와 관련하여 명시하기 쉬운 업무를 위주로 성문화된 지침을 가진 곳이 많았으나 포괄적으로 장서관리를 다루는 체계적인 장서관리 지침이 마련된 곳은 없었다. 특히 작은도서관, 병원, 교도소, 병영도서관 등 전문 인력과 재원이 부족한 작은 규모의 도서관에서는 체계적인 장서관리 업무에 어려움을 겪거나 실무에 바로 참고할만한 지침을 갖고 있지 못한 경우가 많았다.

Developing Digital Library Collection Using Citation and Homepage Information

Nowadays the information environment enables users to access the traditional library collection as well as various digital information resources. In this rapidly changing environment, the use of digital information resources such as web sites, data, and homepages has increased. In this research, highly-cited authors` research outcomes as well as the research outcomes of the people, who cited the highly-cited authors` works, were extracted then compared with information stored in the medical colleges` digital libraries and the academic information portals in the clinical medicine area by using the citation information provided by Essential Science Indicators from ISI Web of knowledge. Out of 10,000 authors,146 people`s homepages, which present research outcomes, were analyzed. The research outcomes listed in the homepages included journal papers, monographs, conference proceedings, and lecture notes. About 15% of the journal papers, 32% of the monographs, 48% of the conference proceedings, and 100% of lecture notes were accessible only through the homepages. The research outcomes accessible from the homepages were almost analogous to the ones available through the medical college`s digital libraries and the academic information portals. Therefore, the digital library collection will be improved and expanded quantitatively and qualitatively by collecting and using the information in the homepages of the prestigious researchers.