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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

Accredited

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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