• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.123-131
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• 2010

A necessity increases but since a many manpower and the budgets are insufficient for archiving all digital resources the digital archiving at the science information center or the digital library has to be successively processed according to the priority. Therefore, in this research, whether it has to archive among digital resources which Korea Institute Science and Technology Information(KISTI) hold around any kind of contents or not makes analysis and valuation around the value for use. The priority evaluation plan that can become the system analysis and reflection based on this automatically tries to be proposed.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.23-41
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• 2011

Digital reference services have been a key role in academic libraries in the context of various digital environments. The guidelines for the digital reference service are one of important aspects to improve the quality of services and system design and implement better services. In this study, by case studies and a questionnaire survey for academic librarians, the guideline for the digital reference service is suggested with three phases; plan, operation and evaluation. The guideline for the digital reference services suggested in this study is expected to support digital reference services in academic library environment.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.215-228
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• 2004

Discussion on the use of the library service should be based on both theoretical research and practical experiences. To increase the usage level of digital reference services in Korea, various aspects of the promotion, including latent user profile, publicity, site accessibility, and evaluation are examined, based on the previous research and overseas successful approaches. Results revealed useful information for planning and implementation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.295-308
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• 2008

For National Digital Library(NDL) to properly perform it's ideal function as a representative digital library in Korea, information service policy considering the IT and Ubiquitous environment shall be established. Information service policy of NDL was established with focus group interviews and a survey targeting the users and librarians in this study. To raise the propriety of information service policy, final draft of information service policy was proposed after the interim evaluation targeting the concerned parties of NDL and 1st & 2nd verification by external specialists and the consultation group. In this manner, vision, mission, goal, objective, strategy, etc of information service policy of NDL were proposed. Information service policy of NDL proposed in this study not only proposes the fact and base to other digital libraries that wishes to establish the information service policy and arrange detailed guidelines as a case study but also secures the direction and vision of global information service policy of NDL. Furthermore, it will contribute for NDL to build its reputation as a world renowned digital library.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.139-155
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• 2012

Rapid changes in information technologies are forcing dramatic shifts in how business are conducted in various industry sectors. This pace of change is increasing all around the world. Accordingly, there is a need for the libraries to provide the information services with agility, which emphasizes on the prompt reaction to the changes, which are almost impossible to predict. Especially, the digital libraries higher education institutions require more agility as their main mission is providing a wide range of cutting edge information for the research and education activities. In this study, the notion of 'agility' is examined then the relationship between the digital library's e-service measure evaluation factors and the capability, which is defined as agility, is explored. In addition, the impact of agility in user satisfaction is analyzed. Based on these analyses, the factors to consider in managing digital libraries in higher education institution, are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.55-72
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• 2008

This study intends to evaluate the relationships between DLS union catalog and curricula and to suggest methods for its quality control. Comprehensiveness, specificity, currentness, and location of copies were selected for evaluation criteria. And this criteria were practiced to evaluate the relationships its indicators and library-based learning topics of social subjects in Seoul DLS. The results of analyses the DLS union catalog serves users with book-based learning information and lacks specificity to evaluate quality of learning materials. Especially the DLS don't satisfy the learning community with on-line contents. Accordingly it is essential to appoint teacher librarians understanding curricula and instructional values of the catalog for its quality control.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.25-46
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• 2011

This study aims to identify the core life-cycle elements for archiving digital content through analyzing the existing digital content life-cycle models and suggest the remedies for management the digital content of KISTI after a comparative study. As a result, the 10 core life-cycle categories consisted of 31 small elements were defined. Furthermore, the recommendations that digital content archiving should be set as a critical mission and archiving policy should be prepared in KISTI were proved.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.343-361
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• 2014

This research was conducted to measure the satisfaction level of users and the service quality of specialized libraries in the digital environment. 289 users of 24 government-funded institutes were divided into humanity/social science area and science/technology area for comparison. Using seven hypotheses, the tests were conducted between three independent variables, service quality, space quality, and information quality and one dependent variable, user satisfaction. It was concluded that the competence and quality of the librarian, library homepage, and quality of information are most critical for user satisfaction. Suggestions are made: an improvement in the service quality and specialization of the librarian's skills, a need for librarian's courtesy education, a provision of differentiated and specialized quality of information, an easy access to the library homepage, and supports on the contents and information search.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.219-230
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• 2004

Digital image technology can be used for the development of new curriculum, course assignment, teaching methods, or the evaluation of library and information science courses. In this way, the teaching course becomes more effective and more interesting. This study has shown that the number of the student registration was increased, the interaction between the instructor and students became more frequent. and the course evaluation by students were very much improved.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.89-111
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to review recent academic studies on the service quality evaluation of libraries in Korea and to derive from research trends and several suggestions. This paper compared and analyzed service quality evaluation models in the field of library and information science and management science. This study also conducted comparative analysis of academic journal articles on 'service quality evaluation models of digital libraries'(2002~2007) and 'service quality evaluation of libraries'(2009~2014) in Korea.