Abstract

This study examined the recent trends and intellectual structure of research on library and information science education, which needs continuous change and improvement, using quantitative, network analysis, and content analysis methods on articles published over a 22 years from 2002 to 2023. The main findings of the analysis are as follows. First, the number of articles on LIS education in Korea totaled 169 articles, with an average of 7.7 articles per year, and the journal that published the most articles was the Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society. Second, the author keyword analysis showed that the most frequent keywords were ‘curriculum’, ‘continuing education’, ‘education course’, ‘LIS’, ‘LIS education’, ‘librarian’, ‘librarian teacher’, ‘school library’, ‘course’, and ‘subject librarian’. Third, the research topics formed four large clusters(Higher education cluster, Continuing education cluster, Archivist training cluster, Teacher librarians training cluster) and 16 small clusters. Fourth, the analysis of the growth index and the standard performance index showed that research on the general curriculum of LIS was the most common throughout the period, and three small clusters(curriculum cluster, continuing education cluster, education course cluster) showed a growth trend, but these clusters also showed weak growth. Fifth, the research topics with high triangle betweenness centrality are ‘curriculum’, ‘LIS’, ‘librarian’, ‘LIS education’, and ‘information professionals’, and the research topics with high average relevance to other topics are ‘curriculum’, ‘LIS’, ‘librarian’, ‘education course’, and ‘records management’. The significance of this study is that it can be used as a basis for considering the direction of library and information science education in Korean universities and continuing education institutions in the future.