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This study aims to compare and analyze qualification and competency requirements for medical librarians by analyzing domestic and international job postings, and to propose competency enhancement strategies for medical librarians in Korea. Data were drawn from 138 job postings - 84 domestic and 54 international - published between 2013 and 2024. The study employed content analysis using MLA’s six core competencies as an analytical framework, along with frequency analysis and chi-square tests via SPSS. First, analysis of employment type revealed that domestic positions were predominantly contract-based (83.3%), while international positions were largely permanent (68.5%). Second, analysis of qualification requirements revealed that international positions require ALA-accredited master’s degrees and specialized experience, whereas domestic positions require only bachelor’s degrees and general library experience. Third, the chi-square tests showed statistically significant differences in five of the six core competencies. Regarding competency demand frequency, ‘Health Information Professionalism’ ranked highest domestically (58.3%) and internationally (96.3%), with ‘Information Services’ and ‘Information Management’ ranking lowest in both contexts. ‘Instruction & Instructional Design’ emerged as the highest enhancement priority (gap: 68.1 pp), followed by ‘Evidence-Based Practice and Research’ (65.7 pp) and ‘Leadership & Management’ (48.9 pp). These findings underscore the importance of securing employment stability, strengthening qualification requirements, and prioritizing the development of instructional and research competencies for the advancement of medical librarianship in Korea. The results of this study can inform the development of educational programs and policies aimed at advancing medical librarianship in Korea.

A Quality Assessment of the National Bibliographic LOD Using SHACL and ShEx: A Dual-Layer Analysis of Ontology Design and Instance Data Validation

Park Jin Ho

| 2026, 37(2) | pp.321~347 | number of Cited : 0

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International Trends in Reading Research within Library and Information Science: A Keyword Network Analysis

Hyeonsook Lee , KOO, BONJIN | 2026, 37(2) | pp.349~374 | number of Cited : 0

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Place Attachment in Public Libraries Reusing Underutilized Spaces: A Case Study on Sea of Wisdom Libraries

Hong Soram , Park Seong Woo | 2026, 37(2) | pp.375~399 | number of Cited : 0

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The Effect of Public Librarians’ AI Job Threat Perception on Coping Strategies: A Mediation Path Analysis

Hyo-Yoon Kim | 2026, 37(2) | pp.401~419 | number of Cited : 0

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This study empirically analyzes how public librarians’ perception of AI as a job threat influences their active and passive coping strategies through mediation path analysis, with particular attention to the mediating pathway linking employment status to coping behavior. The ultimate aim is to provide theoretical and empirical foundations for human resource management and AI adaptation policies for librarians in the AI era. Despite growing concern that artificial intelligence may displace or transform librarian work, prior research has rarely examined how perceived threat translates into differentiated behavioral responses among librarians with varying employment conditions. To address this gap, an online survey was conducted with 337 librarians working at public libraries nationwide, and a mediation model was tested using AI job threat perception as the mediating variable. The results show that non-regular librarians perceived significantly higher levels of AI job threat than their regular counterparts (β=.249, p<.001). AI job threat perception exerted asymmetric effects on coping behavior, weakening active coping (β=-.131) while strengthening passive coping (β=.442), thereby empirically confirming a learned helplessness pattern. The effect of employment status on active coping was fully mediated by AI job threat perception, whereas its effect on passive coping was partially mediated (VAF=43.2%). In addition, AI self-efficacy and prior AI use and training experience emerged as key personal resources that facilitate active coping. These findings indicate that the lack of active coping among non-regular librarians is not a direct consequence of employment status itself but operates through threat perception, suggesting that AI adaptation policies for the librarian workforce must simultaneously address employment security and the cognitive management of threat perception.

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Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science 2024 KCI Impact Factor : 1.0

2026, Vol.37, No.2