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A Study on the Awareness of Academic Librarians about “Ten Technology Ideas Your Library”

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2010, 27(3), pp.15~34
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2010.27.3.015
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : July 29, 2010
  • Accepted : August 27, 2010
  • Published : September 30, 2010

Noh, Dongjo 1 MIN SOOKHEE 1

1상명대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this study we determine the level of awareness among academic librarians of ten technological tools as outlined in American Libraries. Towards this end, we conducted a survey targeting 156 academic librarians in 25 Korean university libraries. Questionnaires were designed to determine both the viability and level of acceptance of the ten technological proposals in question. Conclusions drawn after analyzing the responses to the survey were as follows: 1) Customer service can be improved by first drawing up a list of technological skills required for staff members. Methods to develop the cataloging service to more closely match individual user preferences and the use of SMS to send alerts proved to be the proposals, of the ten that were proposed, that not only bore the greatest necessity but also proved to be the most effective once they were implemented. 2) Proposals that proved to be the most difficult to implement were: Using technology to improve the cataloging service to make it more capable of evolving according to the individual preferences of users; the special event wiki for users; and improvements in customer service arising from identifying and drawing up a list of technological skills required for staff members.

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