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The Analysis of the Differences of Information Needs and Usages among Academic Users in the Field of Science and Technology

과학기술분야 학술정보 서비스 대학 이용자의 정보요구 및 이용행태 차이 분석

  • 배경재 (성균관대학교 한국사서교육원)
  • Received : 2010.04.19
  • Accepted : 2010.05.24
  • Published : 2010.05.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze information needs and information usage of academic information users. This study aims to identify more specific information needs through an analysis of the gap between undergraduate and graduate users. Interviews with 20 users of K and S University were conducted for this study. As the result of this study, we found that the information needs from undergraduate and graduate users are different. The undergraduate users were less satisfied (30%) with information results than the graduate (90%) users and types of their needed information were more diversified. Additionally, the study suggests that information services for undergraduate users should be developed more seriously because their information satisfaction was considerably lower even though they actively utilize information.

학술정보 서비스 이용자를 학부생과 대학원생으로 구분하여 각각 정보요구와 정보이용 행태가 어떤지에 대해 심층적으로 분석하고 그 차이를 통해서 학술정보 서비스 대학 이용자의 보다 세분화된 정보요구를 규명하고자 하였다. 연구를 위해 K대학교와 S대학교 소속 총 20명의 피실험자를 대상으로 면담을 실시하였으며, 그 결과 학부생과 대학원생 이용자의 정보 요구와 정보이용행태가 다른 경향이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 학부생(30%)의 경우에 대학원생(90%)에 비해 정보 만족도가 매우 낮았으며, 필요정보의 형태도 다양하게 분산되어 있다. 또한 학부생의 정보만족도는 낮은 반면 정보활용에 대한 태도는 비교적 적극적인 경향을 보이는 것으로 파악되어서 향후 학부생 대상의 정보 서비스를 더욱 고려할 필요가 있다는 점도 고려사항으로 도출되었다.

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