국내 의학도서관 이용교육 현황과 프로그램 개발¹⁾

Today, the behaviors of library users have changed due to the development of electronic resources and computer technologies. Accordingly, the use of electronic resources is becoming more popular compared to a visit to the library. Therefore, efficient and easy use of electronic resources has become essential and libraries support users by providing user instruction programs. This study investigated the status of user instruction of medical libraries in Korea, and developed user instruction programs. A few medical libraries conduct user instruction programs regularly with various subjects. For the development of the program, users who received education in user instruction programming in medical libraries were surveyed and interviewed. Results showed that the satisfaction levels regarding program content, methodology, and place were high, but the satisfaction level for course length was low. Users responded that the user instruction program was helpful for library use, database use, and general information usage. Many questions about information use were asked to the library, and interest in other courses was high. Users also emphasized repetitive education, as well as details divided by levels. Beginning in 2008, Yonsei University Medical Library has updated its user instruction program based on the results. This paper introduces the case of such a library that has made changes on their user instruction programs.