• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.383-406
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to understand and analyse the community information services in Korean public libraries. Regarding this matter, this study first extensively analysed terms related to community information services and clearly defined the meaning of community information services. Second, this study investigated the current status of community information services in the public library. Finally, this study suggested the directions of community information services. In this study, literature studies and case studies were conducted, and the case to be discussed is online service of regional central libraries in Korea.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.117-138
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to analyse the characteristics and limitations of community information services and to explore an activation strategies. Included in this study are as follows: (1) investigate what is an appropriate representative term through the history of terminology related to community information services, (2) examine how community information services are operated in the regional central libraries from the librarian's perspective, (3) suggest the directions of community information services. The data were collected literature studies and interview with 20 librarians in regional central libraries.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.61-94
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• 1994

The development of libraries services has been influenced by the nature and the changes of social environment where the library's functions are ultimately fulfilled. Community information services of libraries are designed to cope with the changes more efficiently in information society. In this paper, the concept and background of community information services are introduced and expected benefits of offering them are discussed. In addition, based on the results which examination 19 public libraries in seoul, some recommendations for effective community information services are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.157-169
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to explore the ways to improve public library community information services in the Internet environment. It first examines the concepts and current contexts of community information flow, illustrates successful cases of public library community information services, and then, suggests public libraries provide gateways to the community information on the Internet. The needs for research to guide public library community information services and continuing education for public librarians are also presented.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.213-233
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• 2016

As elderly population increases their use of public libraries also increases, and thus, public library services for older people need to be more developed. The information needs of older population are mostly related to the everyday life, such as health, medical care, social welfare, the main services of public library community information services or information and referral services. Through a literature review, foreign case studies, homepage surveys, site surveys, this study explores types and content of community information for elderly people, and suggests, ways of enhancing community information services for elderly people.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.28-36
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• 2014

This study attempted to suggest a strategy for providing rural community tourism information services using smartphones. Study subjects were men and women among 300 who currently use smartphones. Empirical analysis was done on 249 of the 300 subjects. Upon verification of the effect factors of adults' smartphone usage and rural community tourism information services usage, they were both statistically significant based on Ajzen's(1991) Theory of planned behavior. Hence, behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control should be augmented in order to increase smartphone usage behavior to access rural community tourism information services. Especially, behavioral intent and usage behavior was increased proportionately to behavioral control. We suggested that plans to provide applications free of charge and building a social consensus on utilizing rural community tourism information are important in achieving such status.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.19-36
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• 2001

Recently, the demand for pubic welfare has been expended to the comprehensive services terms of cultural, medical and psychological aspects and provision of information. These various demands for welfare services to improve citizens'quality of life could be effectively met by an integrated community center covered small regions rather than many existing individual institutions focused on specific services covered wide regions. The purpose of this study was to develop the activity programs for a proposed new millennium community center The activity programs classified into five types (administrative services; information and counselling; health and sports; leisure and culture; and child care and educational services) and each type included various unique activity programs not only for specific age groups but also for all age groups. In order to operate a new millennium community center effectively, the legal supports and systematic organizations to manage the community center should be required. Discussions and recommendations for these issues were included in the study.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.377-397
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• 2004

This study investigated the use of community information and communication technologies in light of its dual visions (i.e., serving as an affordable Internet service provider and a community building tool). Surveying the randomly selected users of a community network (n = 213), this study examined the influence of the community features on service use compared to that of Internet features. The present study found that the respondents were using the service mainly for general Internet features, such as email and web access. More than two-thirds of the respondents did not recognize community contents as available service. Community features of the service were found as significant predictors of use only among people who were aware of community contents but not among people who were not. Nonetheless, there was no difference in the amount of use between the two groups, indicating that the awareness of community contents itself did not increase use. Findings suggest that the service providers did not fully communicate the community aspect of the service with the users although the very aspect distinguishes the service from other Internet services.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.127-132
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• 2017

Volunteer services in communities work to provide human and material resources needed in social welfare centers and help the centers efficiently and effectively respond to diverse needs in society as well as provide quality services to clients. With this in mind, this study presents a few political suggestions on their utilization. First, potential volunteer development should be done in communities. Second, users of diverse volunteering services should be developed. Third, centers should pay attention to promotion of volunteers and the volunteers should be completely educated before services are rendered.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.199-213
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• 2002

The public library as a public institution, funded by the public, is accountable to provide community based services. Those services can be developed through identifying community needs and implementing proper planning process to satisfy the identified needs. Under budget pressure, public libraries have changed their emphasis from the provision of the standardized services to the establishment of specialized services to reflect the differing characteristics of the community and the community members each public library serves. This paper reviews the research in this area since 1970s and suggests guidelines for the enhancement of community based public library services.