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A Study on Faculty Status for Academic Librarians (대학사서의 교수지위에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Sook-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.81-103
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    • 2005
  • The pupose of the study is to define the concept of faculty librarian system and provide suggestions in developing the system as a professional mode suitable for academic librarianship. The background and development of the system were reviewed and the advantages and disadvantages of faculty librarian system were addressed along with the investigations of the current status of professor librarians in USA. Key issues related to a rank system. qualification. evaluation and education of faculty librarian were discussed in the light of implementing and promoting this system in domestic university libraries.

A Study on Operational Plan of Subject Specialist Librarian at Academic Libraries : Focus on Case Analysis of Three Academic Libraries (대학도서관의 주제전문사서제 운영방안 연구 - 3개 대학도서관의 서비스 사례 분석을 중심으로 -)

  • Chung, Jae-Young
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.119-136
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    • 2009
  • The Academic library services are based on specialized subject resources in academic fields in order to maximize the desirable direction of its services. Accordingly, there are some academic libraries introduced and applied subject specialist librarians. However, they can not objectively analyze the strengths and weaknesses as well as future directions to subject specialized service. The purpose of this study examined three library cases which the structure of organized subject specialist librarian. It tried to give a set of effective guidelines for academic libraries to introduce subject specialist librarian. Analysis showed that the initial problems of subject specialist librarians in its early stages are appeared: carrying out the role, appraisal-results in human resource decision making such as rewards and promotion. In order to successful introduction of subject specialist librarian in academic library, there are solutions that solving the problems which happen in early stage, active guidance and public relations strategy for faculty, approaching to activate integration within its library and cooperating among academic libraries should be back up for improving effectiveness in the long term.

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A Study on the Operational Plan of Liaison Service at Academic Libraries (대학도서관 리에종서비스 운영방안에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-Ki;Ahn, In-Ja
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.167-182
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    • 2009
  • The one of the methods which academic libraries maximize the user service is to perform the 'liaison' service that embodies the customized service to make close linkage with library and users. The purpose of this study is to propose the operational plan of 'liaison' service at academic libraries. It was explored the necessity of liaison service, the definition and role of liaison librarian. After this study examined the case of activities and duties of liaison librarian at Korean and foreign academic libraries, the operational plan such as organization, administration and steps et al. of 'liaison' service were proposed.

A Study on Trends of the Librarian's Task in Academic Library 2.0 (대학도서관 2.0에서 사서의 업무 방향)

  • Lee, Hyun-Sil
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.147-168
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    • 2007
  • Academic library 2.0 which is adapted from Web 2.0 is expected to reform library services. This study analysed the librarian's tasks in the new environment of academic library 2.0 to provide a base of new task development that combined traditional and new works. The analysing of a librarian's tasks resulted in some changes to the concept of traditional tasks like that of : 'Collection Development and Acquisitions' changed to 'Resource Development', 'Cataloging and Classification' changed to 'Technical Development', 'Circulation' changed to 'Information Literacy'. 'Reference Work' changed to 'Service Development', 'Preservation' changed to 'Archiving'. The Tasks of a Librarian is expanding and the important issues for 'Expanding the Professional Role of the Librarian' are cooperation, educational culture and technological ability.

Analysis of the Librarian Certification System in Korea and Measures for Improvement

  • Yoon, Hee-Yoon;Kim, Sin-Young
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2021
  • Half a century has passed since the academic field of library and information science, which was born at the end of the 19th Century in the Western world, was introduced to Korea. Despite years of quantitative growth and qualitative maturation, the field has been facing the inconvenient truths of discrepancies in education levels arising from varying education providers, and weakened public confidence in librarian certification. Based on analysis of librarian training and education programs and the certification system, this research seeks to point out the limitations of the national librarian certification system, which is losing public confidence, and present a model for improvement. Library and information science education has expanded from universities to the academy of librarian education and lifelong education centers, and the librarian certification system has emerged as a target of reform. This research presents measures to improve the librarian certification system to government bodies and the Committee on Library and Information Policy with the purpose of providing grounds for policy enforcement.

An Analysis on the Effectiveness of Book Selection and Circulation After Introducing to Subject Librarian (주제전문사서제의 도입 여부가 도서의 선정과 대출에 미치는 효과 분석)

  • Noh, Dong-Jo;Nam, Min-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.229-247
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    • 2013
  • This study analyzed the difference between the two situations to verify the effectiveness of the book selection by the subject professionals in a academic library. In this, some circulation statistics before and after introduction to subject specialists were compared. Moreover, by using Minitab and t-test, ANOVA among other statistical techniques, 186,435 books selected 3 years before September 2005 and after 3 years and 622,213 circulation statistics about those books in 'S' University Library were compared and analysed. The results were as follows: (1) After introduction to the subject librarian, the proportion of books selected by librarians were increased. (2) After introduction to subject reference librarian, the foreign books selected by the faculty and the librarians were statistically significantly increased. (3) By academic field, the academic fields of the books selected by the faculty were significantly increased, but the academic fields of the books selected by the students were significantly decreased.

A Study on Developing a Model of a Liaison Training Program for Academic Librarians in Korea (대학도서관 리에종사서 교육훈련 프로그램 모형 개발)

  • Park, Soo-Hee;Jeong, Dong-Youl
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.311-339
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a model of a liaison training program for academic librarians in Korea. The liaison training program model has been developed based upon the literature review and surveys about liaison training practices in foreign countries Expert interviews and case analyses were conducted to demonstrated its feasibility and applicability. This study found that this model identifies core competencies of academic liaison librarians and it helped developing guidelines by the level of each task: basic and advanced exercises, references, and worksheets.

Continuing education for reference librarians in academic libraries (대학도서관의 참고사서을 위한 계속교육)

  • 박준식;박은정
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.25
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    • pp.569-593
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study is to synthesize the theoretical systems concerning the necessity, methods, contents, and institutions of the continuing education for academic reference librarians in Korea, and to present a direction after performing a survey research to the librarians and grasping the phenomena on the basis of the system. The necessity, participation, contents, and performing institutions of continuing education were examined in detail, and the correlations among the sub-groups divided by gender, age, academic level of study, career as a librarian were analyzed. Also the direction of continuing education for reference librarians was presented on the basis of the analysis. On the basis of the analyzed contents, the following three methods for an ideal form to the continuing education of the reference librarians were presented in this thesis. 1) It is desirable that the continuing educations are performed at a professionalized institutions such as a library and information science department in a college and an education center for librarians which offers the Certificates of Advanced Study(CAS) as a librarian. 2) It is necessary to develop the various types of educational program in which a working reference librarian may take more chances to study during vacation, weekends, or in the evening time. 3) It is necessary to develop the proper educational contents that reference librarians want, and to educate the librarians in order for them to keep pace with the change of times.

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Review on the Usefulness of Academic Studies from the Perspective of Acquisition and Cataloging Service in University Library (수서정리 업무 현장의 시각에서 본 학술연구의 유용성 - 대학도서관을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Kyu-Youn
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.79-103
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    • 2011
  • This study reviews the meaning and the usefulness of academic studies on acquisition and cataloging service(technical service), reveals problems and seeks solutions in terms of the librarian working in field, university library. The problems were found from the side of library and librarian, and from that of academic area, along with the lack of linking role of government agency. As solutions to enhance the usefulness of academic studies, this study suggests three points; the opportunities of communication of both sides, research based approach of librarians in the field and continuous field based verification from academic side. Currently librarians get limited help from the academic studies however, it is necessary to interact, correlate each other as subjects for mutual prosperity.

An Analysis of Continuing Education Status for Competency Development of Academic Librarians (대학도서관 사서 역량개발 방향 탐색을 위한 직원교육 현황분석)

  • Choi, Yoonhee;Jeong, Yoo Kyung
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.255-277
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to analyze the current status of continuing education for academic librarians based on the records of education. For this purpose, the study investigated the academic librarian's preferences for the topics of continuing education in terms of regional and monthly differences using the 30,404 education records in university and college library statistics of Korean Education and Research Information Service (KERIS). The results shows that 'academic database system' and 'cataloging' were the most preferred topics, and there were topical differences between the academic librarians in university and college.