Journal Of Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science

PDF Citaion A Study on the Development of Vocabulary Encoding Schemes for the School Library Catalog System

EunJung Chae ; Mihwa Lee pp.5-24 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57332

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This study aims to develop vocabulary encoding schemes to improve the data quality and educational usability of the “Dokseoro DLS” school library catalog system. The current system lacks standardized vocabularies, resulting in data inconsistency and limited instructional value. Based on literature review, case analysis, and expert consultation, encoding schemes for 15 metadata elements were proposed—seven existing and eight newly introduced elements linked to the 2022 revised curriculum. Six schemes were adapted from existing standards such as KORMARC and national authority files, while nine were newly developed to suit the school environment. This study contributes to enhancing the standardization and educational function of school library metadata.

PDF Citaion A Study on Strategies to Promote Reading Culture Programs in Public Libraries for Children with Hearing Impairments

Yun-jeong Lee ; Youseung Kim pp.25-53 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57333

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The purpose of this study is to discuss ways to revitalize reading culture programs in public libraries for children with hearing impairments. To this end, the study analyzed the characteristics of deaf children and the types of reading culture programs in public libraries for deaf children, and derived problems in the program operation and demands for improvement through in-depth interviews with 10 field experts. Through this, it confirmed that ‘communication and accessibility’, ‘lack of professional manpower and budget’, and ‘lack of awareness and understanding of program participants’ are major problem factors in the operation of reading culture programs for children with hearing impairments. As an institutional improvement measure, it insisted on ‘preparing budget standards for services for the disabled in public libraries’, ‘institutionalizing the placement of sign language interpreters and deaf professionals’, and ‘regularizing education for improving awareness of hearing impairments’, and proposed ‘designing customized programs’, ‘developing sign language-based audiovisual training aids’, ‘expanding access to sign language video books’, ‘building trust in guardians’, and ‘establishing a cooperative system among participants’ as measures to improve the service aspect.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Influencing Factors on Online Health Information Sharing among the Elderly

Rosa Chang pp.55-77 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57334

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This study statistically verified the factors influencing online health information sharing among 232 older adults aged 65 and above. The research findings are as follows. First, health-related factors, namely subjective health status and health interest, were found to have no significant effect on seniors’ online health information sharing. Second, all psychological factors - self-efficacy (β=.155,p<.05), trust in online information sources (β=.243,p<.01), and social support (β=.166,p<.05) - were confirmed to have a significant positive (+) influence. Third, both technical factors - digital competency (β=.244,p<.01) and literacy education (β=.283,p<.01) - were analyzed to have a positive (+) influence. The results of this study are expected to contribute to promoting the health of the senior generation and, furthermore, to bridging the digital health information gap through the revitalization of online health information sharing.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Impact of Public Libraries’ Environmental Legitimacy on User Satisfaction and Loyalty

mi ok jeong pp.79-104 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57335

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This study analyzes the impact of environmental legitimacy in public libraries on user satisfaction and loyalty using a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The main variables include environmental legitimacy, library image, reputation, satisfaction, and loyalty. The analysis revealed that environmental legitimacy significantly and positively contributes to both library image and reputation. Furthermore, library image was found to have a positive effect on user satisfaction, and reputation also exerted a significant influence on satisfaction. In turn, satisfaction strongly enhanced user loyalty. These findings suggest that as public libraries strengthen eco-friendly management and sustainability practices, their image and reputation are reinforced, which ultimately translates into greater user satisfaction and loyalty. Therefore, implementing environmental responsibility and managing institutional image emerge as key strategic tasks in library operations.

PDF Citaion A Comparative Analysis of Digital Reference Services: Focusing on “Ask a Librarian” and Generative AI Services

JeongHoon Lim pp.105-127 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57336

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This study compares and analyzes the characteristics of a collaborative digital reference service (CDRS), Ask a Librarian, and generative AI services (ChatGPT and Perplexity), and proposes strategies to utilize generative AI to enhance the quality of existing CDRS. An analysis of the response characteristics, strengths, and limitations of both services was conducted using data collected from undergraduate students enrolled in the “Information Services” course at K University. The findings revealed that Ask a Librarian demonstrated strengths in providing highly reliable answers but showed limitations in lengthy response times and the provision of limited resource lists. In contrast, generative AI services exhibited advantages in rapid response and high usability, but their limitations were evident in information inaccuracies caused by hallucinations. Based on these results, this study highlights the need to design new reference services that integrate the strengths of existing CDRS with the advantages of generative AI.

PDF Citaion A Study on Ways to Vitalize Specialized High School Libraries through User Journey Analysis

Kunwoo Byun ; Gi-Ho Song pp.129-146 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57337

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This study investigates why specialized high school libraries often struggle to meet students’ practical information needs. Unlike previous research focused on collection size, this study uses the 5A Customer Path model (Aware, Appeal, Ask, Act, Advocate) to identify points of disconnection in the student information journey and propose effective vitalization strategies. Through Focus Group Interviews (FGIs) with video business students, the study found that students become Aware of information via social media and personal networks, feeling Appeal towards practical, visual content. When they Ask questions, they turn to a closed ecosystem of YouTube and teachers, completely marginalizing the library. Infrequent attempts to Act by using the library led to negative experiences due to outdated materials, creating a negative feedback loop and a lack of positive Advocacy. These findings indicate the problem is not a mere lack of resources but a comprehensive disconnection. Therefore, this study proposes an integrated experience design strategy to restore this broken path by redefining the library as a proactive content marketer, a trust-based community hub, and a student-led participatory platform.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Development of a Media Information Literacy Curriculum

Juhyeon Park pp.147-172 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57338

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The purpose of this study is to examine the development process and significance of the Media and Information Literacy(MIL) curriculum for high schools, approved by the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education in 2023. The MIL curriculum is borrowed from the term “Media and Information Literacy” proposed by UNESCO in 2007. The MIL curriculum was developed based on the components, subject areas, learning content, competencies, and achievement standards of MIL proposed by UNESCO, tailored to the Korean high school curriculum. The Media Information Literacy Curriculum is a curriculum recognized by international organizations, and is significant in that it is the first library and information science curriculum at the level of the provincial office of education to be approved as an elective high school subject in Korea. This means that teacher librarians can operate the library and information science curriculum as a regular curriculum. The developed MIL curriculum reflects digital, media, and reading literacy as well as existing information literacy, which is in line with today’s social policy changes in which information literacy is expanding to complex literacy.

PDF Citaion Topic Modeling Analysis of Research Trends in Reading Education Based on the PISA Assessment Framework

Kyoung-Kuk Noh ; Eun-Hae Kim ; Eun-a Ju ; Hee-ju Choi pp.173-200 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57339

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This study aims to explore the potential connections between the PISA reading assessment framework and domestic research on reading education in Korea, and to propose directions for future research. To this end, 1,204 Korean academic papers on reading education published between 2001 and 2024 were collected and analyzed using an LDA-based topic modeling method. The 20 major topics derived from the analysis were compared with the three dimensions of the PISA framework—process, situation, and text. The results indicate that domestic studies have primarily focused on the “process” and “situation” dimensions, while relatively few studies have addressed the “text” dimension, such as digital literacy and multiple-text comprehension. In particular, reading education utilizing library services emerged as a significant topic, underscoring the need for stronger integration between reading education and library programs. This study is significant in that it analyzes the trends of domestic reading education research in comparison with international evaluation standards and presents empirically grounded implications for future research.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Analysis of Research Trends in Domestic Specialized Libraries

Yeong hak Baek ; woo kwon chang pp.201-225 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57340

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This study aims to examine research on specialized libraries in Korea, review the research trends revealed through analysis of the results, and suggest implications. For this study, a comprehensive survey of academic papers on specialized libraries was conducted using RISS (Research Information Sharing Service), KISS (Korea Academic Information Service System), KCI (Korea Citation Index), and DBpia (Nurimedia Academic Database). In the research trend analysis, the collected data was preprocessed using text mining techniques. Python was used as the analysis tool. In addition, frequency analysis and TF-IDF techniques were used based on the PRISMA literature screening procedure and the abstracts of the selected analysis subjects. The results of this study are, First, research on specialized libraries has steadily increased over time. Second, the frequency of words was high in the order of characteristics, operation, program, region, and specialization throughout the entire period. Third, the TF-IDF analysis results showed that specialization, operation, activation, characteristics, and specialized libraries had high weights in that order during the entire period. Fourth, the results of network analysis showed that the degree of centrality was in the order of characteristics, operations, regions, development, and programs.

PDF Citaion An Analysis of Research Trends on Generative AI in Library and Information Science through Keyword Network Analysis

Hoo jeong Kim ; Seonghee Kim pp.227-245 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57341

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This study conducted a bibliometric analysis based on keyword network analysis to identify research trends on generative AI in the field of library and information science. After collecting articles on the topic of “generative AI” from the Web of Science database, word frequency analysis and TF-IDF analysis were performed. Centrality measures were also applied to extract key keywords. In addition, the CONCOR algorithm, based on the concept of structural equivalence, was used to create blocks with similar semantic structures, and the thematic characteristics of each block were analyzed. The results of the analysis are as follows: First, the application and education of generative AI were found to be the most commonly used and influential subject areas in the field of library and information science. Second, The research was shown to be expanding into areas such as response generation using RAG technology applied to GPT, decision support systems, and convergence with domains such as education and healthcare.

PDF Citaion A Preliminary Study on the Influencing Factors of School Library Book Purchase Intention: Focusing on the Works of Nobel Prize Winner Author Han Kang

Seong Kwan Lim pp.247-268 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57342

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Libraries have a responsibility to purchase information materials that will be helpful to many users within budget, it is very important to know what intention to purchase. This study is a preliminary study that explores and analyzes the factors influencing school library purchase intentions, focusing on the works of Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang. To achieve the purpose of this study, a survey was conducted with teacher librarians(librarians) to determine the effect on purchase intention through prior research consisting of categories or factors such as ‘library type’, ‘subjective knowledge’, ‘library possession’, and ‘purchase intention’. The results are as follows. First, 98.5% of teacher librarians(librarians) knew author Han Kang before she won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and 97.1% of school libraries already had her works. Nevertheless, 95.6% intend to purchase her works, and her most preferred work, ‘Human Acts’. Also, the most important factors when purchasing books at the school library were ‘whether the book is recommended(36%)’, ‘whether it is related to the curriculum(22.1%)’, ‘whether it is a bestseller(12.5%)’, ‘whether it is an award-winning work(10.9%)’, ‘Author’s reputation’(6.6%), and ‘User’s request for desired book’(5.9%).

PDF Citaion Noise Characteristics in Public Libraries and User Perceptions: An Empirical Study

Ji-Yoon Ro ; youngji Shin pp.269-298 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57343

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This study investigated noise types occurring within and beyond public library spaces and examined user perceptions to develop effective noise management strategies. Through a survey of 301 public library users, findings revealed that ‘children’s sounds’ and ‘conversational/vocal sounds’ were identified as the most disruptive noise sources affecting library use, whereas ‘white noise/ambient music’ (M=4.33) was perceived favorably. Participants predominantly attributed noise issues to ‘insufficient user etiquette’ (92.69%), with coping mechanisms primarily involving passive strategies such as ‘seat relocation’ (64.45%). Based on these findings, this study proposes the following recommendations for library noise management: First, implementation of graduated spatial zoning with corresponding acoustic standards; second, establishment of a comprehensive noise management framework integrating physical, institutional, and behavioral interventions; third, deployment of accessible reporting and mediation systems; fourth, cultivation of positive acoustic environments through white noise applications; fifth, development of user-specific noise management protocols; and sixth, formulation and dissemination of standardized noise management guidelines. The significance of this research lies in its comprehensive examination of both the adverse impacts and constructive applications of library noise, thereby advancing a holistic management approach aligned with contemporary library environments.

PDF Citaion Exploring the Transformative Learning Process of Adults through Reading Coaching: Focusing on Participants of A Small Library’s 󰡔Dream Reading Coaching󰡕 Program

Hyunsook Kim pp.299-327 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57344

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This study employed a qualitative case study approach to explore the transformative learning processes of participants in the 󰡔Dream Reading Coaching󰡕 program, which was designed to enhance reading ability—a fundamental tool for learning—and to facilitate the discovery of personal dreams and callings, in an era of great transition where lifelong learning has become increasingly significant. Over a 2-year period, data were collected and analyzed, revealing the following eight stages of transformative learning: (1) the program serving as a trigger for transformative learning, (2) listening and empathy, (3) confronting and recovering from a disorienting dilemma, (4) establishing a new self-identity, (5) the discovery and practice of dreams and callings, (6) the improvement of reading ability, (7) the practice through the small library, and (8) the transformation of the small library. A distinctive feature of the transformative learning process observed in this study was that personal transformation extended to the transformation of the small library. The crucial links connecting personal transformation to institutional change were identified as the discovery and practice of dreams and callings, the improvement of reading ability, and the practice through the small library. These findings provide foundational insights for adult reading research and literacy programs, and offer practical implications for developing effective reading policies in libraries.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Impact of Public Library Recommended Books and Curated Books on Borrowing

Haeryoun Kim pp.329-353 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57345

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This study examined whether recommended books and curated books actually were used by users, focusing on the case of A Public Library. From 2022 to 2024, a total of 736 recommended and curated books from A Public Library were investigated for changes in loans over a three-month period, from the month before the recommendation, the month of the recommendation, to two months after the recommendation. As a result, 64.9% of the recommended books were borrowed in the month of recommendation, and 81% of the recommended books were borrowed two months after recommendation. In order to compare recommended and non-recommended books, the loan increase status was analyzed for 119 books recommended over the six months from January to June 2024, based on the loan list in June 2024, compared to December 2023. As a result, the recommended books increased lending by 88.2%, and the non-recommended books increased lending by 13.3%. This confirmed that recommended and curated books tend to have more borrowing than non-recommended books.

PDF Citaion A Study on the Deposits during the Japanese Colonial Period Based on the Deposit List of the Central Police Bureau

Jisu Han ; Hye-Eun Lee pp.355-378 https://doi.org/10.14699/KBIBLIA.2025.36.3.57346

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This thesis examines the Deposit List of the Central Police Bureau, published by the Police Bureau of the Joseon Government during the Japanese colonial period, with the aim of exploring its background and publication context and analyzing the characteristics of the deposited records, including 6,053 records from 95 issues. In results, the subjects most frequently represented were Language and Literature, and Education and Society, whereas Science and Medicine, Engineering and Military were the least. Publisher types varied by subject, with the Joseon Government appearing most frequently. Geographically, publications were concentrated in Gyeongseong (Seoul) and major cities, including Daegu, Busan, Gwangju and Jeonju. Most publications were priced below two won, with some were non-commercial. Five wartime trends were identified: an increase in Japanese language education materials, a decline in genealogical publications, the spatial expansion of maps, shifts in textbook and legal publications, and a rise in war-related literature and biographies. Although there was a difference in overall scale, both Language and Literature and History and Geography showed declining trends consistent with patterns observed in contemporary Japanese deposit statistics, reflecting the reduced importance under wartime. Through this study, it was possible to identity how the deposits were organized and transformed in colonial period.

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