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A Study on the Library & Information Science Education and Research Development in Korea

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2006, 23(2), pp.185~206
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2006.23.2.185
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : May 16, 2006
  • Accepted : June 23, 2006
  • Published : June 30, 2006

Kyung-Mook OH 1 Yunkeum Chang 1

1숙명여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the history and issues of the LIS field in Korea in order to identify problems of the current librarian education & research areas and provide a new direction for development in this field. As the result of the research, the issues in the department of LIS are found as follows: 1) the LIS departments are restructuring their curriculums 2) the departments are strengthening IT education 3) the foundation for producing professional librarians with area expertise is established by double major programs 4) most popular research areas are library management, organization of information, information sciences etc. 5) the research areas have been diversified as well including information search, record management and publishing.

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