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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science

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Vol.55 No.3
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A Study on the Effects of Domestic Medical Library Librarians’ Awareness of the COVID-19 Situation on Information Services

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, (P)1225-598X; (E)2982-6292
2021, v.55 no.3, pp.303-319
https://doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2021.55.3.303



& (2021). A Study on the Effects of Domestic Medical Library Librarians’ Awareness of the COVID-19 Situation on Information Services. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 55(3), 303-319, https://doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2021.55.3.303
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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.

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코로나19, 의학도서관, 사서인식, 정보서비스, 상황이론, COVID-19, Medical Library, Librarians’ Awareness, Information Service, Situational Theory

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