• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.1-25
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• 2015

This study aims to investigate current status and problems of bookmobile services in Korea, especially focusing on human resources, vehicles, and collections. To do this, a questionnaire that contained questions on basic information, human resources, vehicles, collections and information and communication technologies was developed on the basis of 8 standards and guidelines related to bookmobile services and 77 bookmobiles belonging to public libraries and Saemaul bookmobiles were surveyed. As a result, many parts of human resources, vehicles, and collections of bookmobiles in Korea were inadequate to standards and guidelines related to bookmobile services. At the end of this study, some suggestions are made for improving bookmobile services in Korea. First, the human resources, vehicles, and collections of bookmobiles need to be innovated. Second, national policies for bookmobile services need to be reinforced. Third, perspectives on bookmobile need to be modified from economic approach to information welfare approach.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.99-127
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of services and programs of bookmobiles in Korea. To do this, a questionnaire containing 22 questions on basic information, scheduling and stops of bookmobiles, services and programs of bookmobiles, promotions and needs assessment and improvement requirements was developed on the basis of 7 foreign standards and guidelines related to bookmobile services. 74 questionnaires from bookmobiles belonging to public libraries and Saemaul bookmobiles were analysed. As a result, many parts of the results including operation days per week, stops per day, operation hours per stop, visiting cycle, circulation per day, circulation period and circulation volume and promotion conformed to foreign standards and guidelines but the others did not conformed to them. Also, there were more group differences in services and programs between bookmobiles belonging to public libraries and Saemaul bookmobiles than between bookmobiles in metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea.

• KLA journal
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.20-22
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• 1983

• KLA journal
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• v.30 no.2 s.255
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• pp.2-16
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• 1989

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.5-23
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to explore ways to imporve bookmobile operations by investigating bookmobiles' operating status and users' behavior in DaeJeon City. Concerning the bookmobiles operated in 32 areas of DaeJeon City, the suitability of visiting area and staying hours, the correlation between users' circumstances and lending aspects, the effects of bookloan shop in the same area, etc. are analyzed, and for the improvement of bookmobile operations, the utilization of volunteers, the connection with the main libraries' collection, the development of service programs, the strengthening of publicity activities, etc. are proposed.

• KLA journal
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• v.48 no.4 s.382
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• pp.43-49
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.203-231
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• 2012

This study tried to analyze 11 standards and guidelines related to bookmobile service to provide the theoretical basis for establishing bookmobile standards or guidelines in Korea. In these standards and guidelines, there were 9 core elements about bookmobile service including administration, vehicle, staffing, collections, schedule & stops, services & programs, marketing & public relations, information & communication technology and safety, and each element had several related sub-elements. In conclusion, some suggestions were proposed to assist the establishment process of bookmobile standards or guidelines in Korea.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.261-286
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• 2009

Despite much recent researches on career development or career movement, research on domestic librarians' career development are rarely conducted. Therefore this study examined the career movement of directors of public libraries as one aspect of research for librarian workforce. This study surveyed directors of public libraries and analyzed the following points; age of first job, initial type of career, age when they became the director. Factors affecting career move, career paths, working years by career steps, the number of changing department before director, training opportunities for manager, and so on. This study also analyzed what kinds of efforts they exerted to become a director. The result showed 45.1% of respondents made an effort to increase knowledge and skills, 23.6% undertook an effort to improve their honesty and gain their integrity, 12.8% underwent an effort to increase competence and self-management efforts in about the library. Through analyzing the career development process of public library directors, we can find the ideal path for career development to become a director of public libraries.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.105-122
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• 2013

It was examined that library-related ordinances enacted by local governments in nationwide were all 321 cases. Among them, the library management ordinance(185 cases, 57.6%) is the most common, small library ordinance(54 cases, 16.8%), Saemaeul mobile library ordinance(24 cases, 7.5%), reading promotion ordinance(29 cases, 9.0%), other ordinances(29 cases, 9.0%), such as the order was followed. Since 1996, the local government system was carried out in earnest, library ordinances each year continues to increase. Saemaeul mobile library ordinances was enacted primarily in the 1990s, small library ordinances and reading promotion ordinances have been increasing rapidly since 2009. In order to clarify the purpose of the ordinances, the term 'library' should be included in the title. It is suggested that the library-related ordinances in a local government, such as public library ordinance, small library ordinance, Saemaeul mobile library ordinance, and reading promotion ordinance, are better be integrated for consistent implementations of library policies.

• KLA journal
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• v.52 no.7
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• pp.40-43
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• 2011

필자는 지금부터 5개월 전인 2011년 2월 1일자로 15년간 근무한 대학도서관을 떠나 대학 기획팀으로 자리를 옮겼다. 15년이란 시간이 결코 짧지 않기에 막상 도서관을 떠나 대학행정부서로 이동한다는 사실을 받아들이는데 힘이 들었다. 평소 '사람만큼 환경에 잘 적응하는 동물도 없다'라는 말에 상당히 공감하는 편이지만, 학부기간을 포함하면 거의 20년을 넘게 함께 한 도서관 현장을 떠난다는 아쉬움과 섭섭함, 그리고 새로운 환경에 잘 적응할 수 있을까?'라는 두려움이 복잡하게 교차했었다. 특히, 사서e마을의 운영, 관리는 큰 걱정이자 숙제이다. 왜냐하면 대학행정부서에서 근무하다보면 아무래도 도서관계 동향이나 정보에 대해 무뎌질 수밖에 없고 본의 아니게 사이트 운영에 소홀해질 개연성이 높다고 하겠다. 다행스러운 점은 2010 년 5~6월경 사서e 마을의 운영시스템을 제로보드 4.0에서 제로보드 XE로 개편한 점인데, 이는 제로보드 XE가 사이트 관리에 있어 편의성, 시스템적 안정성이 이전 버전에 비해 한층 낫기 때문이다. 이미 언급한 바와 같이 대학 기획팀에서 근무한 지 겨우 5개월 지났다. 15년의 도서관 경력에 비할 바는 아니지만 최근 대학도서관 사서직원의 대학행정부서 이동이 이전에 비해 훨씬 많아진 점에 착안하여 이의 동향과 원인, 득실에 대하여 살펴보고자 한다.