Journal of Korean Medical Library Association
The Korean Medical Library Association
Article

전자정보의 출현으로 인한 의학사서의 역할과 의학도서관 서비스의 변화에 관한 연구

박정희1
Jeong-Hee Park1
1울산대학교 아산의학도서관
1Asan Medical Library, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea

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Published Online: Dec 30, 2009

Abatract

From the beginning of the 21st century, medical information was rapidly changed into electronic form. Such a trend brought in another radical change of purchasing pattern of medical libraries and the access pattern of the users. Within the last four or five years, many medical libraries have changed their purchasing pattern from printed to electronic form. More users are beginning to depend on websites. While this phenomenon caused the librarians to reexamine their traditional duties, the users were showered with abundance of unattested information. The Asan Medical Library of the University of Ulsan has indentified the role of the medical librarian in the electronic information era and developed available services for the needs of the users. All these services are accessible on the web, being effective for the last five years. This study strived to discover users’ pattern of utilizing the medical information, the frequency of users’ visit, the degree of their satisfaction, and the need for such services, in order to find a better way of serving the medical professionals and to identify the role of the medical librarian in influx of the electronic informational era.

Keywords: Medical librarians' role; Medical ilibrary services; Consortium; Flow of information