Understanding the Curation Service in Libraries: Is it a Revolution or an Evolution of Reference Service?

W. M. Tharanga Dilruk Ranasinghe; 정준민

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Understanding the Curation Service in Libraries: Is it a Revolution or an Evolution of Reference Service?

Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, (P)2466-2542;

2019, v.50 no.2, pp.215-235

https://doi.org/10.16981/kliss.50.2.201906.215

W. M. Tharanga Dilruk Ranasinghe (Department of Library & Information Science, Chonn)

W., M. T. D. R. , & (2019). Understanding the Curation Service in Libraries: Is it a Revolution or an Evolution of Reference Service?. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 50(2), 215-235, https://doi.org/10.16981/kliss.50.2.201906.215

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Popularly known to be originated in museums and art galleries, curation is widely applied in many other fields ranging from curation commerce to curated databases by today. Libraries also have started to provide different types of curation services such as data curation, digital curation, content curation, book curation, and social curation. However, the relationship between the curation service and the library service is not adequately studied and documented. The objective of this paper is to address that gap by analyzing the relationship between curation service and the library service. Particularly, this paper pays attention to study the relationship between curation service and library reference service. The research methods used by this study were an extensive literature review followed by some carefully selected real-world examples of curation services in libraries and other fields. The authors have analyzed and documented the origin and the meaning of two concepts, the challenges faced by library reference service, and the applicability of curation as a modest form of library reference service in the 21st-century. Based on the study findings, this paper concludes that curation service is not a new concept for the library but a natural evolution of the library reference service in response to the changing information environment and user expectations in the digital age.

keywords: Curation, Curation Service, Information Services, Libraries, Reference Service, 큐레이션, 큐레이션 서비스, 도서관, 정보서비스, 참고서비스

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