An Analysis of Research Support Services on the Web Page of Medical Library: Based on the Survey Data of the Medical School Library

Han, Hye Young

doi:10.69528/jkmla.2018.45.1_2.36

J Korean Med Libr Assoc 2018; 45(1_2):36-42

pISSN: 2383-8809

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69528/jkmla.2018.45.1_2.36

Article

의학도서관 웹페이지를 통한 연구지원서비스 현황 분석: 의과대학교 도서관 중심으로

한혜영 ¹ ^, ^*

An Analysis of Research Support Services on the Web Page of Medical Library: Based on the Survey Data of the Medical School Library

Hye Young Han ¹ ^, ^*

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¹을지대학교 을지병원 의학도서실

¹Medical Library, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Seoul, Korea

^*Corresponding author : Hye Young Han, Medical Library, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, Korea, Tel: 82-2-970-8445, Fax: 82-2-970-8003, E-mail: hyeyoung@eulji.ac.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2018 The Korean Medical Library Association. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Oct 15, 2018; Revised: Nov 20, 2018; Accepted: Dec 16, 2018

Published Online: Dec 30, 2018

Abstract

Purpose:

Medical libraries need to provide quality academic information services to researchers engaged in the field of medicine more than anything else. For this reason, the library's web page (Web page) is an effective means of aggregating library resources and services. In this research, after investigating and analyzing the actual state of information service provided for research support provided in the web page of the medical library, based on this information, basic materials contributing to revitalization of medical library information services, I will try to provide it.

Methods:

I examined the current status of research support services by accessing 52 libraries of the medical university in the medical special library belonging to the Korea Medical Library Association and accessing the web pages of each library. The service categorized as user education, liaison, information retrieval service, theme information service, dissertation preparation guide, manuscript proofreading service, institutional repository, statistics support, multimedia production, english proofing service.

Results:

Medical library (98.1%) was most active in user education (98.1%). To the Next, 46.2% of the organizations surveyed provided theme information services, followed by institutional repository 32.7%, dissertation preparation guide 30.8%, information retrieval service 26.9%, and manuscript proofreading service 15.4%.

Conclusion:

In the library web pages, medical library libraries were most actively engaged to maximize the utilization of their collections, and they were interested in building a repository to promote research results. And the library was doing various services to provide substantial support to the publication of research papers by researchers.

Keywords: Medical Library; Library Web Page; Research Support Services; Subject Specialist Librarian

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