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A Study on Quality Evaluation of Digital Libraries

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2004, 38(1), pp.143-172
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

LEE,JAE WHOAN 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the quality of digital libraries which Korean society has built with. To the end, first discussed is the operational definition of digital library, which has a variety of meanings and definitions. For the quality evaluation, 10 criteria were developed on the basis of both literature review and user survey. Followed was a thorough investigation to identify the present status of digital library construction. Then, we selected the most representative digital libraries in Korea, and conducted the quality verification on the basis of previously developed 10 criteria. The conclusion includes both major causes of low quality and some strategies for improving the low quality of digital libraries at the national level.

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