• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.129-153
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• 2003

This study is to develope the usability evaluation criteria for improving quality of user services in digital library website. It compared and analyzed major eight studies concerning usability evaluation of library website in foreign and domestic. This paper was suggested 36 items of evaluation criteria that are belongs to six domain(quality of links, feedback mechanism, accessibility, design, navigation and searching). Usability evaluation criteria for digital library websites suggested in this paper is a item-based level, and to observe generally.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.143-172
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• 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the quality of digital libraries which Korean society has built with. To the end, first discussed is the operational definition of digital library, which has a variety of meanings and definitions. For the quality evaluation, 10 criteria were developed on the basis of both literature review and user survey. Followed was a thorough investigation to identify the present status of digital library construction. Then, we selected the most representative digital libraries in Korea, and conducted the quality verification on the basis of previously developed 10 criteria. The conclusion includes both major causes of low quality and some strategies for improving the low quality of digital libraries at the national level.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.47-75
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• 2016

This study was conducted to develop items for evaluating the level of the digitization of libraries. For this purpose, it analyzed the literature related to the digital library, underwent a convergence process of 10 experts, and finally derived an axis of 13 different dimensions comparing the digitization of libraries. The axis is composed of acquisitions, collections (physical and online collections), classification and cataloging, circulation service, reference, user service, SNS service, the library's organization and staff, device providing service, next-generation service, and status of our library. This study conducted a survey of librarians to secure the validation of the primarily derived evaluation items regarding libraries' digitization. As a result, the average rating of the traditional evaluation items was 3.82, and the average rating of the digital evaluation items was 4.08. Therefore, it can be said that the results of this research to evaluate the digitized level of libraries have a certain degree of validity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2001.08a
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• pp.201-206
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• 2001

새로운 정보환경과 매체의 발전으로 인하여 오늘날 대학도서관은 인쇄자료와 전자자료, 웹 자원이 공존하여 수집, 가공, 유통되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 도서관 내·외적인 정보환경과 운영환경의 변화 요인을 수용하여 새로운 평가모형을 개발하고자 전통적인 도서관의 기능을 기반으로 하여 디지털 형태 정보의 수집, 가공, 유통을 통합한 하이브리드(Hybrid)형태의 디지털도서관 평가모형을 제안하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2000

인터넷과 디지털 환경은 지금까지 운영되어 왔던 학술정보시스템에 대한 재검토를 요구하고 있다. 도서관 운영에 있어서도 새로운 정보환경과 매체의 발전으로 인하여 자료의 수집에서 서비스 정보에 이르기까지 변화된 정보환경에 부합하는 평가모형의 개발을 요하고 있다. 따라서 새로운 정보환경과 매체 변화에 적합한 도서관의 운영과 서비스를 창출하기 위하여 국내외의 평가기준을 분석하여 디지털 환경에 적합한 대학도서관의 평가 항목과 평과 지표를 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.243-265
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to review recent studies on the service quality evaluation of digital libraries and to derive from research trends and several suggestions. Specifically, this paper compared and analyzed recent literatures on e-service quality evaluation of digital libraries in Korea with regard to service quality evaluation models and measure methodologies. Finally, this study offered two important suggestions. The one is the necessity of developing a standardized service quality evaluation model for digital libraries which is customized in korean environment and the other is establishment of development guideline of service quality evaluation for digital libraries.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.5-18
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• 2014

Criteria for evaluating digital libraries have been suggested in prior studies, but limited research has been done to understand users' perceptions of evaluation criteria. This study investigates users' opinions of the importance of digital library evaluation criteria. Thirty user participants, including 10 faculty members and 20 students, were recruited from five universities across the United States. They were asked to rate the importance of evaluation criteria in eight dimensions (e.g. collections, information organization, context, etc.). The results demonstrate that users care about evaluation criteria related to the use and quality of collection and services rather than the operation of digital libraries. The findings of this study are relevant to the development of user-centered digital libraries and associated evaluation frameworks through the incorporation of unique users' needs and preferences.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.20 no.4 s.50
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• pp.159-193
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• 2003

This study is a case study that attempt to quantify the economic efficiency of 'digital library program(DLP) of the National Library of Korea' by means of cost-benifit analysis. Results indicate that the B/C ratio is 1.70 which can be interpreted the economic efficiency of DLP is very high. Of particular significance is the fact that this study empirically proves that the digital library program is economically efficient.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.211-326
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• 2002

This study is to analyze and evaluate copyright protection environment in digital reproduction and transmission, find out problems involved. and suggest recommendations for improvement. Data was collected 50 libraries to which digital reproduction and transmission is permitted under the Copyright Act were surveyed to examine the present states of digitalization and the systems employed. Also, library users, sampled from 5 libraries carrying out all the 6 technical measures obliged by the Copyright Act, were surveyed to examine their use of digital materials and perception on the copyright. After reviewing descriptive statistics, frequency and cross-tabulation analysis were made. The results of the analysis are most of the libraries. except for the industry university libraries, have implemented digital library systems, but the introduction rate of both digital reproduction system and transmission system are high (68.0% and 84.0%. respectively), while that of copyright protection system was low (26.0%). 84.0% of the libraries surveyed digitalize the full text, but the Libraries have digital collection less than 5,000 items, and only 33.3% of them digitalize materials with securing the copyrights. Regulations on copyright protections are not obliged properly. and it appeared that not only users' perception and perception of copyright as well as their use of electronic books are relatively low.

• Design Convergence Study
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.133-149
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• 2016

In this study, I tried to provide the basic data for planning the public library space to meet the new needs of the users in digital generation by survey and literature review on factors in planning the digital space of public libraries. In 2000, a separate space for digital materials has been prepared at the most of the libraries as a part of informatization program of public libraries. However, it is not sufficient to provide a number of different needs of the users due to the identical design of all the libraries. For the prioritization, 50 factors have been deducted by review of preceding studies, evaluation factors and criteria of library of each institution. Factorial analysis was performed on the factors with the importance which was higher than average. Also, the relationships among the factors with similar properties were understood to categorize the factors in space planning by each factor. Based on these factors in planning the digital space, further space evaluation of the public library and user satisfaction survey could be followed to provide a fundamental basis for the specific space planning.