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Bibliographical Research Trend of Researchers with Different Majors

MIKYUNG HAN 1

1경기대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted for the purpose of quantitative trend analysis of bibliographical researches with different majors. Firstly, the bibliographical researchers of different majors are the professors and researchers who belonged to universities and auxiliary facilities. The researchers who belonged to the human science fields dominate this group and it is to be noted that persons majoring in oriental medicine of natural science fields also conducted bibliographical researches. Secondly, the bibliographical researchers of different majors authored average 3.28 articles and they included Korean language and literature, history, Chinese language and literature, and fine arts. Overall, most of them conducted researches for themselves. On average, one in four of the total articles were bibliographical researchers of different majors’ bibliographical studies. Thirdly, bibliographical researchers of different majors’ articles were published at 107 types of various subject areas of journals and among them, the publication rate of research of bibliography was the highest. Fourthly, the number of articles related to bibliography has on the significant increase since mid-1990s, while being influenced by the change in internet environment and the construction of full-text DB. Fifthly, museums, as well as libraries and university libraries, were investigated as the possessors of the bibliographical documentations of research and it was found out that Japan is the largest possessor of documentation next to Korea. Based on this research results, the following suggestions were made. Firstly, the expansion of research fields is expected, based on integrated research trend as a result of investigation of bibliographical researchers of different majors. Secondly, data basing of the possessors’ full text and more active information service on classical materials in accordance with the change of research environment in internet or digital research are needed. Thirdly, the discovery of various documentations and possessors is expected as a result of studies by bibliographical researchers of different majors. Fourthly, it is expected that the bibliographical research of bibliographical researchers with different majors will be research field which is not confined to research methods as basic investigation. Fifthly, in addition to the improvement of position of ‘bibliography research’ which were found to record highest publication rate as professional academic journals, bibliography needs to be evolve into the integrated and fusion studies.

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