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A Study on Research Trends of Library Science and Information Science Through Analyzing Subject Headings of Doctoral Dissertations Recently Published in the U.S.

학위논문 분석을 통한 미국 도서관학 및 정보과학 최근 연구 동향에 관한 연구

  • 김현정 (서울여자대학교 사회과학대학 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.18
  • Accepted : 2018.09.27
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

The study examines the research trends of doctoral dissertations in Library Science and Information Science published in the U.S. for the last 5 years. Data collected from PQDT Global includes 1,016 doctoral dissertations containing "Library Science" or "Information Science" as subject headings, and keywords extracted from those dissertations were used for a network analysis, which helps identifying the intellectual structure of the dissertations. Also, the analysis using 103 subject heading keywords resulted in various centrality measures, including triangle betweenness centrality and nearest neighbor centrality, as well as 26 clusters of associated subject headings. The most frequently studied subjects include computer-related subjects, education-related subjects, and communication-related subjects, and a cluster with information science as the most central subject contains most of the computer-related keywords, while a cluster with library science as the most central subject contains many of the education-related keywords. Other related subjects include various user groups for user studies, and subjects related to information systems such as management, economics, geography, and biomedical engineering.

본 연구는 2014년부터 2018년까지 최근 5년간 미국에서 발표된 도서관학 및 정보과학 분야 학위논문의 연구동향을 파악하기 위해 PQDT Global 데이터베이스에 수록된 1,016편의 박사학위 논문을 수집하여 각 논문의 관련 학문 분야를 나타내는 분야명들을 추출하고 네트워크 분석을 통해 분야명 간의 관계와 네트워크 전반에 걸쳐 다른 분야들과 관계가 있는 전역중심성이 높은 분야명을 파악하는 것과 동시에 군집분석을 통해 연관성 높은 분야명들이 어떠한 군집을 형성하는지, 각 군집 안에서 지역중심성이 높은 분야명들은 어떤 것들인지 살펴보았다. 103개 핵심 분야명 키워드를 이용한 네트워크 분석 결과 최근 5년간 미국의 도서관학 및 정보과학 분야 박사학위 논문의 관련 학문분야로는 컴퓨터 관련 분야, 교육 관련 분야, 커뮤니케이션 관련 분야 외에도 다양한 이용자 집단에 관한 연구와 정보시스템 관련 분야 등을 포함하여 26개의 군집을 형성하는 것으로 나타났다. 26개 군집들 중 정보과학을 중심으로 하는 군집에는 컴퓨터 관련 학문 분야명들이 다수 포함되었고, 도서관학을 중심으로 하는 군집에는 대부분 교육 관련 분야명들이 포함되었으며, 그 외에도 이용자 연구와 관련하여 특정 이용자 그룹과 관련된 젠더연구분야나 정보시스템과 관련하여 경영학, 지리학, 의공학 등 다양한 학문 분야와 연관되어 있음을 알 수 있다.

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