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A Study on the Effects of Domestic Medical Library Librarians' Awareness of the COVID-19 Situation on Information Services

국내 의학도서관 사서의 코로나19 상황 인식이 정보서비스에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • 김태민 (성균관대학교 일반대학원 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 김해흰 (성균관대학교 일반대학원 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 이민지 (성균관대학교 일반대학원 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2021.07.22
  • Accepted : 2021.08.22
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

This study sought to find out the status of medical libraries in Korea that provide information services related to the Covid-19 situation, and how the librarian's perception of the Covid-19 situation, the main body of the library's information provision, affects the provision of related information services. For this purpose, we checked the website for Covid-19 information service. In order to understand the degree of awareness of Covid-19, Grunig's Situational Theory was applied to classify four types of librarians according to the degree of problem recognition, constraint recognition, and involvement recognition, and to analyze how the three perceptions affect Covid-19 related information services. As a result, only 25 out of 144 korean medical libraries provided information services related to Covid-19. The librarian, the main agent of the library's information provision, found that the problem recognition and involvement recognition in the Covid-19 situation were high, constraint recognition were low, and the level of information service was very active. And only constraint recognition has been shown to have a significant impact on providing Covid-19 related information services. Further research when future sources are available and follow-up research on how librarians' perceptions affect library operations are also proposed.

본 연구의 목적은 전 세계적으로 대유행을 하고 있는 코로나19 상황과 관련 하여 국내 의학도서관의 정보서비스 현황을 조사하고, 의학도서관 사서를 대상으로 코로나19 상황에 대한 인식이 관련 정보서비스를 제공하는데 있어 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 국내 의학도서관 홈페이지를 통한 코로나19 정보서비스 여부에 관현 현황을 조사하였다. 그리고 코로나19의 상황인식 정도를 파악하기 위하여 Grunig의 상황이론을 적용하여, 문제인식, 제약인식, 관여도에 대한 인식의 정도에 따라 네 단계의 사서 유형을 분류하고, 3가지 인식이 코로나19 관련 정보서비스에 어떠한 영향을 주는지에 대하여 분석하였다. 그 결과, 국내 의학도서관 144개 기관 중 25개 기관만 코로나19 관련 정보서비스를 제공하고 있었고. 도서관의 정보제공의 주체인 사서의 경우 코로나19 상황에 대하여 문제인식과 관여도가 높고, 제약인식은 낮았으며, 정보제공 수준은 매우 적극인 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 제약인식만이 코로나19 관련 정보서비스를 제공함에 있어 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 정보원이 확보된 시기의 추가적인 연구와 사서의 인식이 도서관 운영에 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대한 후속 연구도 제안하였다.

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