정보취약계층을 위한 도서관 서비스 활성화 방안에 관한 연구
이 연구에서는 우리나라 공공 도서관에서 적극적으로 수용해야할 정보취약계층에 대한 정보서비스 확산을 위해 필요한 개념과 기본적인 정보서비스 전략을 제안하였다. 공공도서관은 정보취약계층을 크게 장애인과 생활보호대상자, 노인 등으로 구분하여 각 계층의 특성을 고려한 정보서비스를 제공하여야 한다. 이들을 위...
The Influence of Information Activities on the Feeling of Happiness for the Elderly in Korea
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of t he information activities (i.e., the ability of digital device use and the time spent of informa tion retrieval) on the feeling of happiness for the elderly people in Korea. For this study, we c onducted face-to-face interview with the elderly over 60 years old living in and around Daegu, Korea and analyzed 371 valid data for frequency, multiple regression and t-test using IBM SPSS version 21.0. The results showed that neither the ability of computer nor mobile phone us e affect on the feeling of happiness, whereas both the ability of TV and telephone use influence positively (+) on it. In addition, the time spent of the business-related information retrieval in fluences negatively (-) on the feeling of happiness, but the time spent of the financial-relat ed information retrieval influences positively (+) on it. 키워드: 고령층, 삶의 행복감, 정보활동, 정보 기기, 정보검색The Elderly, The Feeling of Happiness, Information Activities, Digital Devices, Information Retrieval
The importance of books, free access, and libraries as places—and the dangerous inadequacy of the information science paradigm
Although libraries must continue to provide electronic resources, the distinctive strength of research libraries lies mainly in their ability to provide free access to preservable book collections that facilitate the understanding of lengthy textual works and that cannot be tapped into electronically from anywhere, at any time, by anyone.