Dissertation Information for Il-jong Park NAME: - Il-jong Park
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- University of North Texas (USA) (1994)
ADVISORS: - Ana D. Cleveland
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - [Indecipherable1] - Donald B. Cleveland - Cathleen Norris - Raymond F. von Dran
MPACT Status: Complete - Except Indecipherables
Title: Evaluation by Korean students of major online public access catalogs in selected academic libraries
Abstract: The objective of this study was to provide information on the characteristics of a specific group of international college students from a developing country in order to assist system managers in the selection of OPACs.
The lack of an understanding of the characteristics, skills, and searching abilities of a specific user group in computer-based information systems in libraries hinders library and information science professionals in making the best decisions when designing, acquiring, and managing information systems. The perceptions and behaviors of Korean students were measured in their use of DRA, Geac, INNOPAC, NOTIS, and VTLS OPAC systems.
Questionnaires and skills tests were administered to Korean students enrolled at the University of North Texas in the Spring semester 1994. 84 usable questionnaires were obtained, which represented 67.7% of an actual population of 124. These were analyzed using SPSS/PC ver. 5.0.
The major conclusions of this study are: (1) Academic level of study and age of the students affects the preference for the type of OPAC system selected, but academic major of the students does not affect the preference; (2) System designers should prepare more specific instructions regarding searching methods; (3) System designers should focus on the design of the system menu, since the most common method of learning about OPAC systems was the instructions in the menu; (4) There was a negative relationship between the number of searching methods that the respondents knew in using OPACs and the frequency of manual card catalog use; and (5) Menu-driven systems should be the first selection of OPAC systems for Korean students.
Recommendations are proposed when designing, adopting, or managing a new OPAC system. Topics for further studies on the characteristics of OPAC systems and their use are also suggested.
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