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A Study of Developing the Ubiquitous Library for the Improvement of Information Accessability of the Blind

Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, (P)2466-2542;
2006, v.37 no.2, pp.273-290


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Abstract

Recently, a digital divide has gotten worse in the information age. So LG Sangnam library developed the ubiquitous library for the improvement of information accessability of the blind. It utilizes a mobile phone applied with NFC(Near Field Communication) technology and automates a user's identification process and serve library services at anytime from anywhere. Users can use three access points of a web service, a mobile service and a telephone library service. As a conclusion of this paper, Several recommendations were proposed. For the development of ubiquitous library, various instruments should be considered to diversify user's access points and a usability test and analysis about user's environmental context should be done simultaneously.

keywords
Ubiquitous Library, The Blind, NFC, Mobile Phone, Digital Talking Book, Ubiquitous Library, The Blind, NFC, Mobile Phone, Digital Talking Book, 유비쿼터스 도서관, 시각장애인, NFC, 휴대폰, 디지털 토킹북

Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society