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A Study on Information Literacy Education through the University Library Webpages (원격 정보이용교육에 관한 연구 : 대학도서관 웹페이지에 수록된 내용을 중심으로)

  • Park On-Za
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.31-52
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    • 1998
  • User Education is one of the main activities among the traditional library services. Nowadays information technology has brought drastic changes into in the libraries, especially in the types of information sources, information users' behavior and the user education programs. The users need to know new information skills to retrieve the adequate information they need, and consequently libraries should develop new instruction programs to meet the user needs according to the radical changes of information technology and daily increasing electronic Information sources including internet resources. In this paper it was researched how to use the library websites for information instruction at the university libraries in Korea, USA and Canada through literature and by visiting the websites of the university libraries. It was found that Korean university libraries focus on providing the physical access to information, while American and Canadian university libraries focus on providing the intellectual access to information as well as the physical access to information. Most Korean university libraries have the entries about library history, library services and collection, outside networked information sources on the menu of their homepages, while there are guides how to use information sources such as subject bibliographies, reference tools, network resource tools, and guides how to write a paper, and information for user instruction on the websites of the western university libraries. It is very promising to make full use of the library webpages for library user education, which nowadays provide very powerful communication interface and make the library users find appealing and accessible.

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Webometrics Ranking of Digital Libraries of Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences

  • Dastani, Meisam;Atarodi, Alireza;Panahi, Somayeh
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 2018
  • Digital Library websites plays an important role in dissemination of information of the institution and library resources. It acts as a trustworthy mirror of the institute. To evaluate the library website performance webometrics tools and indicators are required. The aim of the present research is study the webometrics of Digital Libraries of Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences on the Web to determine the amount of the visibility a website and web pages. The URL and link of 42 digital library website is obtained directly by visiting the university's website. To extract the number of indexed web pages (size), rich files have used the Google search engine Also, to extract the number of scientific resources retrieved have used the Google Scholar search engine. To calculate and obtain the number of links received have used the MOZ search engine. Generally, the results indicated that the website of Iranian digital libraries did not have a good performance in term of webometric indexes, and none of them were not rated at all indexes, only some of the websites mentioned in one or two indicators.

A Study on Information Architecture for Mobile Library Websites (도서관 모바일 웹사이트의 인포메이션 아키텍처에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Jae-Woo;Kim, Seong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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    • 2010.08a
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구에서는 도서관의 모바일 웹사이트를 조사, 분석하여 특징과 문제점을 살펴보고, 이를 토대로 도서관이 이용자에게 양질의 서비스를 시행할 수 있는 모바일 웹사이트 설계지침을 제시하였다.

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A Study on the Information Structure of Children's Library Websites (어린이도서관 웹사이트의 인포메이션 스트럭처에 관한 연구)

  • Jang Ro-Sa;Kim Seong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.251-258
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    • 2006
  • 본 연구에서는 효율적인 어린이도서관 웹사이트를 설계하기 위한 인포메이션 스트럭처 및 레이블을 제안하였다. 이를 위해 국내 어린이도서관 웹사이트에서 인포메이션 스트럭처 및 정보의 내용을 표현하는데 사용된 레이블을 분석하였고, 현행 국내 어린이도서관 웹사이트가 지니고 있는 문제점을 확인하였다. 이러한 본 연구의 결과는 효율적인 어린이도서관 웹사이트를 설계하기 위한 기초 자료로써 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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A Study on Information Services of Korean Literature Houses (국내 문학관 웹사이트의 정보 제공 개선 방안 연구)

  • Choi, Seongyeon;Seong, Heehye;Han, Jiyoon;Lee, Hye-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.265-284
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    • 2021
  • This study is to present improvement plans by examining how Korean literature house websites provide information services. Seventy-nine Korean literature houses out of eighty-eight members of the Korean Literature House Association were studied, except nine that did not construct websites. Three core elements, including website style, literary works information and writer information, together with thirteen sub-elements, were derived from precedent studies. As a result, it was found that 90% of the literature houses were operating websites, but the classification criteria for the literary works and cataloguing rules were not unified, and literature information was not provided sufficiently. Thus, this study suggested improvement plans such as support to build a website, developing cataloging guidelines for literature houses, providing more full-text literature and providing information about literary works and writer.

Systematic Evaluation on the Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Korean Nutrition Education Websites (우리나라 영양교육 관련 웹 사이트의 양적 및 질적 현황 평가)

  • Ahn, Hong-Seok;Ku, Bon-Suk;Lee, Seung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.218-228
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of Korean websites related to nutrition education. A total of 30 websites were ultimately selected through 4 major Internet search engines, including Naver, Yahoo, Daum, and Nate, using several key words (i.e., nutrition education, dietary life education, nutrition information, nutrition management, etc.). A systematic review was conducted for each of the selected websites based on the American Library Association (ALA) website checklist and a data abstract form that was adapted from a previous study. Approximately two thirds of the websites were established between 2002 and 2005, and 46.6% were administrated by public health centers or schools/colleges. The most frequently targeted group was the generally healthy population (30.0%). Among the various topics of nutrition information provided, “balanced diet” was the topic most often provided by the websites. Also, an increasing trend for utilizing multimedia tools was observed; however, little technical support or instruction was provided by the websites. Only 50.0% and 63.3% of the sites clearly stated their operators and sources of provided information, respectively. Overall, the purposes of sites were clearly stated, and were not overshadowed by advertising. And most features of design, stability, and content were found to be appropriate, but several aspects, such as establishing a help/FAQ menu, regularly updating nutrition information, and converting provided information into a database for easier search and update, needed improvement. In addition, active operational strategies are greatly needed to encourage the application of materials found on sites into real educational settings.

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Key Traffic Metrics as a Basis to Measure Library Performance

  • Udartseva, Olga M.
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.55-67
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    • 2020
  • Webometric research in the Russian library sector is just beginning to gain momentum. This article examines the experience of webometric research in libraries from the perspective of the global practice. In particular, it highlights a number of foreign works, which may have a special practical value for Russian libraries, and emphasizes important webometrics areas for libraries. The purpose of this study is to research the practical application of key performance indicators (KPIs) abroad and conduct a webometric analysis of the websites of some leading Siberian and Far Eastern scientific libraries based on selected KPIs. The study data were collected with SimilarWeb and other analytical tools. The study revealed that key traffic metrics are the basis of webometric research, and identified available promising groundwork for the purpose of their further testing. The shortcomings in the current state of the websites of the Siberian and Far Eastern scientific libraries were noted. Based on the obtained webometric traffic indicators, the ranking of the Siberian and Far Eastern scientific libraries was made.

A Study on the Analysis of Informational Structure of University Websites (국내 대학 웹사이트의 정보구조 분석에 관한 연구)

  • 이승민;김혜경
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.127-152
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    • 2004
  • In the current information environment, the concept of a website has been transformed from the repository of information to means of accessing information which can communicate and interact with users. To function well as an accessing tool to information, the information embedded in a website should be organized in a way that users can easily understand the whole informational structure. This aspect of a website might be more important to a university's website. However, the informational structures which current university's websites adopt do not reflect their users' information needs. They construct their structure uniformly, and it causes the decrease of the websites' usability. To solve these problems, this study proposes a new and systematical way of constructing a university's website which can reflect users' information needs and ensure the usability of the websites.

Current Status of Library Services for Immigrants in Korea (이주민을 위한 국내 도서관 서비스의 현황 분석)

  • Cho, Yong-Wan
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.245-269
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to current status of library services for immigrants in Korea, where the number of immigrants reaches one million. To do this, the cases of library services for immigrants in North America and Europe were investigated and persons in charge who work in 10 public libraries and 5 private libraries serving immigrants in Korea were interviewed. Also, research articles, newspapers and related websites are utilized. Current status and limitations of library services for immigrants were discussed and some suggestions were presented.

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A Study on the Spacial Configuration of Public Libraries by the Multi-Functionality - Focus on the Japanese Public Libraries - (다기능화에 의한 공공도서관의 공간구조에 관한 연구 - 일본 공공도서관을 중심으로 -)

  • Hwang, Mee-Young
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2009
  • As database become more variable and multimedia, the integration between conventional library based on printed matter and digital library on IT makes it accelerated that the changes in today's information circumstances. Due to more leisure time modern people who get intellectual and interested in variety so they need continuing education, intellectual satisfaction and cultural life. Consequently today's public library expands to become a source of every kind of information, an educational facility and community facility to fulfill the cultural needs. On the assumption above, this study aims at offering database for planning public library that meets the needs for multifunctional library through analyzing space, structure, and character of modern public libraries and chooses 8 cases in Japan provide both primary and additional functions. Quantitative data from blueprints, websites and publications has been collected to analyze the space arrangement corresponding with the functional characteristics.