• Journal of Information Management
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-23
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• 1994

Information Literacy Program is a new important theme in librarianship, especially in university library. The purpose of this study is to give an overview of information literacy program, its meaning, and its importance to information society. This study also provides a brief description of the program being developed at university libraries in America and Korea.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.1-33
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• 1997

Led by KIEP, this project to establish an Online Union Catalog System on Northeast Asia is the first such attempt to create a collaboration between social science libraries in Korea. This Online Union Catalog System is seen as a problem solving mechanism, as it helps to maximize efficiency in utilizing labor, finance, and data, by sharing library resources. This study focuses on the process of converting databases in a non-MARC format to a MARC format.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.521-540
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• 2021

This research categorizes the factors of digital capital accumulated both in personal and social level into digital access and digital competence, and empirically analyzes how the use of public libraries effects on the formation of digital capital. As a result, it was found that participation in public library programs, the use of information services, and the utilization of digital collections had positive effect on the formation and accumulation of digital capital at the personal and social level. In contrast, it was analyzed that the use of digital collections in public libraries did not significantly affect the creation of digital contents or reciprocal collaboration based on online networks. Therefore, in order for public libraries to fully support the formation of digital capital, they should not only provide knowledge and information which is a traditional role of public libraries, but also play a role as a digital-based cooperative system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.365-386
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to understand the changes in human information behavior brought about by the pandemic situation. This study also examines the social context of data literacy as lifelong education. In addition, it was attempted to understand the changed environment and propose library services in the post-pandemic era based on predicted trends. In order to do this, two phenomena that are currently striking our society, datafication and the pandemic, were reviewed in general, and studies related to library information services in response to the pandemic were examined. Based on this, the social meaning of data literacy in the pandemic era was reconfirmed and the environmental changes faced by libraries were examined based on 20 trends suggested by IFLA. Through this process, the study was concluded by suggesting the implementation of data literacy and the direction of library services.

• KSLA Bulletin
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• s.5
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• pp.80-92
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• 2013

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.261-274
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to provide libraries with several suggestions which might be helpful for designing their services to support researches related with children and young adults. In this paper as a case study, six libraries from Korea, German, Japan, the United States are selected and analyzed by their roles, services, collections and programs by utilizing their web sites.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.13-31
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• 2009

The major indicating data of academic, public, and school libraries which were mentioned in the Korea library yearbook 1998 through 2007 were collected for this study. The results were analyzed and the methods that may be applied to a library management were presented in this paper. The collected data were analyzed by using the MS-excel and SPSS. The numbers of libraries, personnels, collections and their used ones, users, management budget were used for the variables of this study, and the correlation coefficients and non-parametric method etc. were used for the variable analysis. The results show that public and school libraries are growing consistently, but academic ones get stagnant currently.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.139-166
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to study digital divide research trends of LIS fields and other social science fields through the analysis of author keyword network of peer-reviewed journal articles using NetMiner4 software. The author keyword was collected from KCI database. The results of the study were as follows: 1) the digital divide studies were focused on information services provision for information disadvantaged group by the public libraries in LIS fields. However, the studies of other social science fields were focused on the unique characteristics of information society and a new phenomenon of digital divide in the smart era, 2) compared with the other social science fields, there were a few researches about the old among the underprivileged, 3)there was little interest in other types of libraries except public libraries in LIS fields, 4)there is a need to study new types of digital divide in the smart era by LIS scholars.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.333-358
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• 2024

To promote libraries as "Libraries for All," it is essential to assess the current state of regional library infrastructures and explore policy support strategies for their improvement. This study develops the 'Library Vitality Index' as a metric to evaluate libraries' capabilities as sustainable infrastructures. The index assesses various aspects, including libraries' environmental responsiveness, accessible design, level of digital transformation, and capacity to provide universal cultural services. The research involved a comprehensive review of domestic and international cases, Delphi surveys, and expert group interviews to derive the final set of indicators. These indicators were weighted based on their importance using AHP analysis. The final index consists of three components: regional library activation (300 points), individual library capacity (470 points), and feedback systems (30 points), with a total of 800 points. The index includes 108 items, divided into 14 for regional library activation, 88 for individual library capacity, and 6 for feedback systems.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.81-101
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• 2022

It is generally accepted that cultural capital is constructed through cultural environments that facilitate the cultural activities of individuals. Although public libraries foster the cultural environment and support various cultural activities, there is controversy about whether public libraries still affect the formation of cultural capital in the current evolved cultural environment. This research empirically verified the roles of public libraries in the formation of cultural capital by conducting a survey targeting public library users. As a result, public libraries as cultural institutions play an important role in providing opportunities to access and utilize cultural resources and to experience various cultural activities, which are connected to the formation of different types of cultural capital. In addition, public libraries function to close the cultural divide and social disparities by providing equal opportunities to construct cultural capital for community members.