A Study on the Current State of Online Subject Guides in Academic Libraries (대학도서관 온라인 주제가이드의 현황과 개선방안에 관한 연구)

Kim Soojung (김수정)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.4.165

A Study on the Current State of Online Subject Guides in Academic Libraries

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2012, 29(4), pp.165~189
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.4.165
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : November 19, 2012
Accepted : December 6, 2012
Published : December 30, 2012

Kim Soojung ¹

¹전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated the current state of online subject guides in Korean academic libraries and suggests improvement. Through the examination of 100 academic libraries' Web sites, only 14 online subject guides were identified, showing that the development of online subjects guides in Korea is still in infancy. The examined online subject guides were evaluated as high quality in terms of accessibility, integration of information resources, and format consistency, but low quality in the provision of specialized subjects, user instruction, and information retrieval systems. An online subject guide should be a one-stop service that provides fast access to information resources along with subject-specialized user instruction and effective communication with librarians.

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subject guide, research guide, academic libraries, subject specialists, online service

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