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An Study on Efficiency and Use of Theories in Library and Information Science

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2004, 21(1), pp.23~54
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2004.21.1.023
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : February 10, 2004
  • Accepted : February 26, 2004
  • Published : March 30, 2004

Kim Sung-Jin 1 Dong-Youl Jeong 2

1인하공업전문대학
2이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze the identity and relationship of library and information science by exploring theoretical aspects of LIS research, including theory building and theory use. The sample of this study consists of 1,661 research articles published from 1984 to 2003 in two Korean and two American core LIS journals. Theory articles are analyzed with two scales, such as '4-degree of theory efficiency' and '5-degree of theory use.' Each article is coded in terms of journal, country, publication year, subfield, and methodology of the article, and affiliation, department, and research experience of the first author. The theories used therein are coded according to their origin and age. Also, an author co-citation technique is applied to represent intellectual structure on a two-dimensional map, which has been constructed by theory use of LIS authors for 20 years.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.