This study is designed to research principles for establishing cooperatively virtual reference shelves of university libraries. To achieve the goal, this study establishes theoretical foundations for virtual reference shelves. Also, we discuss why the virtual reference shelves are necessary via cultural subject of libraries. Second, this study investigates current circumstances of virtual reference shelves' usages. This investigation is conducted in terms of nine evaluation indexes. The results are used to justify the cooperative establishment for virtual reference shelves. Last, this study discusses actual methods and procedures for establishing cooperatively virtual reference shelves, associating with roles of related institutions.
Over sixty Korean romanization systems have introduced in the course of history since 1800, but not most of them have experienced the test of proper duration. At present two major systems are introduced and focused in the bibliographic fields: McCune-Reischauer system and Ministry of Culture & Tourism system(2000). Few libraries may be driven to the new romanization schemes, however library users require a practical and easy-to-use Korean romanization system for searching the Korean items. From the view of bibliographic control for Korean information resources, the advantage and disadvantages for converting romanization systems have been shown as the result of the research.
This study intends to investigate the overall information activities of Korean ethnic community in Japan, and to discuss about the relevance between such information activities and the information needs of Korean residents in Japan. To the end, 51 Korean ethnic organizations and media were visited for the investigation of their information activities, and 767 Korean residents were surveyed and 65 Korean residents were interviewed for the assessment of their information need and behavior. The discussion includes: (1) the everyday information need and behavior of Korean residents in Japan, (2) the major information activities of Korean ethnic organizations and media, (3) the relevance of the Koreans' information behavior and the Korean organizations' information activities, and finally (4) a suggestion on the desirable future directions and roles that the Korean ethnic organizations and media should seek for the overall Korean ethnic community's healthy development.
The purpose of this research is to propose a powerful alternative in designing knowledge portals using Topic Maps(TM). To demonstrate the power of TM in constructing knowledge portals, we designed a TM-based korean folk music(pansori) site, tested it with an existing pansoree site (pansoree.com) employing diverse query patterns: simple, advanced, associative, and cross referential queries. The results show that the TM-based site outperforms the pansoree.com in searching time and steps. The TM-based site also provide novice users who do not know pansori domain with easy access to information that they need.
The purpose of this research is to analyze the operational state of Distance universities' electronic libraries through the Lifelong Education Law, and to find out the related problems. The main investigational focus was on the operational methodologies of the libraries and the usage levels of the full-text service. The data were collected through accessing the URLs of 17 Distance universities authorized till 2005. The result is that every university is operating their libraries either on their own (17.7%) or by using the links to the external libraries (82.4%). However, only 35.3% of the surveyed universities provide the full-text service available on the Internet. Thus, in order to establish the fourth generation Distance university based on the Internet and Web, it is urgently needed to improve the construction and operation standards of electronic libraries in the Lifelong Education Law.
Libraries' functions include not only being a treasure house for cultural heritage and cultural development but also comprehensive functions such as lifelong learning and human resources development. At the present time, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development(MOE) has legal infrastructure and leadership which can develop and manage the nation's overall human and intellectual resources unlike previous Ministry of Education. For library to evolve as a stronghold for developing human resources and lifelong education, library policies must be unified into MOE which can provide the needed leadership. With direct management of libraries by MOE, which is currently overseeing and coordinating the nation's human resources development policies, library policies can be implemented systematically, mutual cooperation between libraries will be easier, and the link between library policies and the national and regional human resources development policies can be made.
This study is to analyze and suggest the KDC's facet structure. KDC is using the Decimal Classification's facet structure. New suggestions are : Clearly use standard subdivisions and add instruction like “Add to base number ～ notation ～ from table ～"; auxiliary tables contents are need to revise and expand ; to make a add table found in schedules and provide numbers to be added to designated schedules numbers are necessary.
The purpose of this study is identify factors influenced of children's library use and management through investigating the use patterns and recognition of children's parents on children's libraries. Questionnaire was used as a research method. Data was collected from the parents who entered library entrance with their child and children on four public libraries. Six factors were identified from four public libraries setting. There were the spatial planning based upon library use patterns, the flexibility and mobile furnishings, the activity area for causing children's interesting, the guarantee of safety place for children, the quiet area for emotional stability, and functional place for moving around.
The objective of this paper is to obtain the knowledge for spatial planning of children's library which serves various users. The study method is to observes the children and their parents' space use according to the age step of children in public library, and analyzes it in the relation with the classified 4-types of children's section. Five characteristics were identified. First, children area was influenced by library location and user's characteristics. Second, children area was used various aged group with children. Third, there were different use patterns based upon age. Fourth, various reading space was needed through areas. And, last the behavior and the characteristics of area and furnishings were described.
This study reviews the research papers which deal with research evaluation in library science and discusses on quantitative and qualitative research methods, and non-empirical research.For the purpose of improving paper production system, encouragement of publishing review paper and review journal is recommended.
Academic libraries have been facing threats and opportunities at the same time because of a successful combination of information and communication technologies such as the internet. This study presented the need for library development in academic libraries, to assist with increasing costs and declining budgets and fulfilling users' expectations of additional information services. It suggested as a guide for library development of academic libraries in Korea through providing examples of various methods and cases for library development. As a result of research, this study provided the basic ideas of academic library development, which includes forming a community of friends of library and developing fundraising and fee-based information services.
It is time to spur on the activation of the school library based on “The Master Plan for Promoting School Library: Making Good School Library" launched by the Korean Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development in 2002. This study is about the introduction of reading motivation and incentive programs in the school libraries in the USA. The schools in the USA have been developing activation methods of the school library through various reading motivation and incentive programs. As a matter of fact, these reading motivation and incentive programs have been expanded by the commercial assistance, computerized tests, state supports, and each school's programs based on the national reading promotions. Consequently, this research is trying to find ways of activation for the school libraries in Korea through the reading motivation and incentive programs of the school libraries in the USA.
In this paper, we have made an analysis of dCollection license system and have presented the development subject based on various case study of digital rights Management(DRM) under domestic and abroad Open Access circumstances. For this study, first we made an investigation into the concept and the technical component of the copyright, license and DRM that act as obstacle to open access. It is hoped that the first study will be able to help people better understand the relationship between the related technique and Open Access System. Second we analyzed Creative Commons, RoMEO, Dspace system as abroad cases and Kyungpook National University’s DRM system and Seoul National University’s DRM system as domestic cases for copyright protection under open access circumstances. Finally we will face up to the domestic open access reality and plan the future by presenting the development subject through dCollection license system analysis.
This study is an attempt to encourage the establishment of Friends groups in Korean public libraries and to provide library staff and local people some details on how Friends groups were being developed in public libraries in other countries. Friends groups can be established by those who are library volunteers and are willing to support their library. Public library personnel and particularly the Korean Library Association play an important role in initiating and operating Friends groups in Korean public libraries.
Comparative analyses were carried out on SCI publication results produced by scientists during their employment at the five domestic ocean-related college and six major oceanographic institutes in other countries. Assessment of research performance included bibliometric indicators; type of research categories, and, evaluation of the reliability of citation data to establish future research goals. Analysis parameters also included number of SCI publication results, cited frequency, higher ranked author group, higher ranked journal group, higher ranked SCI category for each academic and research institutes in oceanography. Such analyses can help improve and achieve institutional goals in the future as well as help managing and prioritizing majors scientific journals and information services.
The main points of the 7th Education Program are: taking a serious view of development of children's individuality and creativity, and encouragement students their accord activity with applying digital reference for teaching and learning. It is the suggestion of revitalization method of digital material room, afterward, by means of analyzation for satisfaction and demand and using status of children's library digital material room along with emphasis of self-leading learning and boosting self-solving ability based on computer and IT paradigm. The purpose is: providing foundation of active information service and suggestion of revitalization method by means of analyzing operation and effective using children's library digital material room at Nowon Children's Library opened 2nd February, 2003. In 2nd chapter; thesis of conceptive model of children's library digital material room. In 3rd Chapter; Present status analysis of N. W. children's library digital material room operation, and analysis of using and demand of public school 100 pupils. In 4th Chapter; Suggesting conclusion of revitalization of children's library digital material room based on utilization and demand appeared through this study.
This paper provides a state-of-the-art on multimedia metadata. After a brief introduction to multimedia metadata, the paper described and analyzed the main metadata initiatives. The results show that these initiatives described the bibliographic elements rather than metadata for contents representation. On the other hand, MPEG-7 covers a rich and detail aspects for representing the complete and consistent multimedia content.