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Our limited understanding of real-life music information queries is an impediment to developing music information retrieval (MIR) systems that meet the needs of real users. This study aims to contribute to developing a theorized understanding of how people seek music information by an empirical investigation of real-life queries, in particular, focusing on the accuracy of user-provided information and users' uncertainty expressions. This study found that much of users' information is inaccurate; users made various syntactic and semantic errors in providing this information. Despite these inaccuracies and uncertainties, many queries were successful in eliciting correct answers. A theory from pragmatics is suggested as a partial explanation for the unexpected success of inaccurate queries.

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This study aims to answer whether social tagging through user collaboration could be utilized for the creation of digital knowledge of the web, and whether we could verify the quality and efficacy of social tagging to obtain benefits from it. In particular, this paper examines the inter-indexer consistency of social tagging in comparison to professional indexing. It employs two different similarity measures, both of which are based on the Vector Space Model to deal with numerous indexers. It contributes to the utilization of social tagging in the organization of the web, and encourages to adopt social knowledge in developing suitable vocabularies for resources newly generated in the digital library environment. Furthermore, the comparative analysis with two different measures produced more credible results by illustrating a similar pattern of indexing tendency in both measures.

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대학도서관에서 제공하고 있는 디지털참고봉사의 현황을 이해하기 위하여 전국적인 조사를 수행하여 분석하였다. 2003년 7월 8일부터 7월 22일까지 직접 접속을 통한 관찰과 질문응답 기록을 통하여 데이터를 수집하였다. 우리나라 4년제 대학 중 171개 도서관이 디지털참고봉사를 제공하는 것으로 나타났으며, 접근수준, 명칭, 서비스방식, 웹폼, 서비스정책 등 디지털참고봉사 제공 관련 특성과 이용량, 응답비율, 질문유형 등 이용관련 특성을 분석하였다. 현황과 문제점이 식별되고, 도서관 서비스로 확립되기 위한 제언이 이루어졌다.

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To understand current state of the digital reference services in Korean academic libraries, a comprehensive examination and analysis was performed. Data was collected from July 8. 2003 to July 22. 2003, through direct site examination and recording the question and answer transcripts. The analysis focused on the provision characteristics and use of the digital reference services. Results revealed interesting findings and related problems. Suggestions for future development are provided.

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This paper explores how interface environments have an influence on novice users’ performance in social virtual worlds (SVWs), which are emerging user-centric three-dimensional cyberspaces. Despite their early popularity, SVWs have experienced that numerous new users leave the cyberspaces soon before they become long-term users. One possible reason is that unfamiliar interfaces of SVWs can be a barrier to novice users’ adaptation of the technology. To understand a role of interfaces in the users’ assimilation of SVWs, we examine an impact of three interface factors (presence, affordance, and feedback) on performance which is regarded as a yardstick for users’ adaptation of SVWs. Forty participants were recruited and went through one-hour experimental sessions with seven tasks in Second Life; they were also asked to answer a questionnaire. Findings indicate that while affordance and feedback are significant factors influencing novice users’ performance, presence has no impact on their performance.

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This study investigated what web users share on a health website and how the demographic characteristics of users reflect health information sharing behavior. By using a content analysis method, this study analyzed 1,042 randomly chosen messages in the discussion board of a health website. The results revealed that the health website users emotionally supported other users, provided health information, and built relationships between them. Two third of the health website users shared his/her thoughts or feelings about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on the health website and one fourth of the health website users connected with others who had ALS. A half of the users actively provided information as a direct response to a question. No significant differences were discerned with regard to total posting frequency by age and gender effect. However, the male users in the 50s answered questions to others more actively and tried to manage their life better than the other age groups.

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인공지능 기술이 결제 서비스 분야에도 적극 도입됨에 따라 말로 하는 결제 서비스 ‘음성결제(Voice Payments)’가 언택트 결제 서비스의 트렌드로 주목받고 있다. 음성결제 서비스는 인간의 가장 자연스러운 소통 수단인 ‘목소리’를 통해 결제를 더 빠르고 직관적으로 실행할 수 있는 서비스이다. 본 연구에서는 인공지능 에이전트와의 신뢰 형성을 위한 요인으로 ‘구체성’, ‘친밀감’, ‘자율성’을 선정하였으며, 각 특성들이 음성결제 상황의 음성 인터페이스에 적용되었을 때 이용자의 신뢰가 형성되는지 알아보고자 하였다. 실험 결과 음성결제 인터페이스의 구체성과 자율성은 높을수록, 친밀감은 낮을수록 신뢰가 높아졌다. 또한 구체성과 자율성의 이원상호작용효과가 유의하였다. 수집된 주관식 답변들을 분석 및 종합하여 이용자들이 음성결제 서비스를 접할 때 느끼는 불안 요인들을 파악하고, 음성결제에 대한 신뢰를 높일 수 있는 음성 인터페이스 디자인 방안들을 제안하였다.

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As the payment service sector actively embraces artificial intelligence technology, “Voice Payments” is becoming a trend in contactless payment services. Voice payment services can execute payments faster and more intuitively through “voice,” the most natural means of communication for humans. In this study, we selected richness, intimacy, and autonomy as factors for building trust with artificial intelligence agents. We wanted to determine whether the trust will be formed if the factors were applied to the voice payment services. The experiment results showed that the higher the richness and autonomy of the voice payment interface and the lower the intimacy, the higher the trust. In addition, the two-way interaction effects of richness and autonomy were significant. We analyzed and synthesized the collected short-answer system to identify users’ anxiety when using voice payment services and proposed speech interface design ideas to increase their trust in the voice payment.

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웹기반 교육 자료들이 폭발적으로 증가함에 따라 적합한 자료들에 보다 효과적으로 접근할 수 있는 방법이 요구되고 있다. 이러한 새로운 방법들 중의 하나로 사회적 네비게이션(social navigation) 기반의 사회적 검색(social searching)이 정보 검색 분야에서 제시되었는데, 이는 동료 이용자들로부터 제공된 정보를 바탕으로 검색 결과의 향상을 추구하는 기법이다. 본 연구에서는 개인화와 사회적 네비게이션에 근거한 웹 기반 사회적 검색 시스템을 구축하였으며 이용자 연구를 통해 이용자에게 적합하고 필수적인 정보를 제공할 수 있는 방법이라는 것을 검증하려 하였다.

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The explosive growth of Web-based educational resources requires a new approach for accessing relevant information effectively. Social searching in the context of social navigation is one of several answers to this problem, in the domain of information retrieval. It provides users with not merely a traditional ranked list, but also with visual hints which can guide users to information provided by their colleagues. A personalized and context-dependent social searching system has been implemented on a platform called KnowledgeSea II, an open-corpus Web-based educational support system with multiple access methods. Validity tests were run on a variety of aspects and results have shown that this is an effective way to help users access relevant, essential information.

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웹기반 온라인목록의 이용자 인터페이스는 이용자에게 더욱 친근하게 개선되었는가. 웹기반 온라인목록이 제공하는 탐색관련 기능은 어떠한가. 이용자들은 웹기반 온라인목록을 이용하는 데 어려움은 없는가. 이용자들은 웹기반 온라인목록에 대하여 어떤 인식을 가지고 있는가. 이런 문제에 대한 답을 통하여 웹기반 온라인목록의 검색도구로서의 문제점을 파악하고 개선방안을 제시하였다. 실험연구를 수행하였으며, 30명의 탐색자가 실험에 참여하였다. 탐색자가 웹기반 온라인목록을 실제로 탐색하는 과정중에 보이는 행태를 분석하여 데이터를 입수하였고, 탐색 후 질문지를 통하여 시스템에 대한 인식을 측정하였다.

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The primary questions addressed by this research are the followings : Has the interface of a Web-based OPAC been improved more user-friendly; How about its searching abilities; What difficulties have Web-based OPAC searchers experienced in using a Web OPAC; How do they perceive the system after use of it. Finding the answers of those questions the problems of a Web OPAC as a searching tool have been grasped and recommendations have been suggested in order to improve the system. An experiment was conducted and 30 university students performed 8 searching tasks. The searching behavior of Web OPAC searchers has been analyzed thoroughly. The data of their perceptions about the system was collected through a questionnaire after completing the tasks.

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본 연구는 국내 대학도서관의 디지털참고정보서비스 현황을 분석하고 전자게시판을 중심으로 그 이용행태를 분석하여 향후 디지털 참고정보서비스 활성화를 위한 방법을 제언하고자 하였다. 205개 대학도서관 웹사이트를 분석하여 디지털참고정보서비스의 개괄적인 현황을 파악하고, 봉사대상 인구수와 도서관 웹 사이트 접속건수, 참고정보서비스 제공건수를 기준으로 선정된 4개의 대학에 실제 접수된 디지털 참고정보서비스의 질의유형, 답변의 구성형식, 정확성, 응답기간 등을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과가 대학도서관 디지털 참고정보서비스가 당면하고 있는 현실적 문제점을 파악하고, 이를 개선하기 위한 해결책으로 실제적인 지침과 모형개발의 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

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This study aims to investigate the current state of digital reference services using electronic bulletin boards in Korean academic libraries and to suggest improvements. Through the examination of 205 academic library websites, 56 libraries were identified to use electronic bulletin for digital references. The digital reference service questions and responses from four libraries were further analyzed: the types of reference question, the structure and accuracy of answers, and digital reference completion time. The implications of this study for future research and practice lie in its provision of a systematic way to design practical guidelines for virtual reference services.

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본 연구는 2년제 전문대학 학생들을 대상으로 웹기반 온라인목록의 이용특성을 조사 연구한 것이다. 연구방법으로 이용자들의 특성을 분석하기 위하여 질문지법과 면접조사법을 통해 데이터를 수집하였으며, 수집된 데이터의 처리는 통계처리 프로그램인 SPSSWIN 10.1을 사용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 이용행태, 검색결과 만족도, 웹 온라인목록의 선호도, 검색어 선정, 문헌정보학 전공자와 비전공자 간의 탐색성과 차이, 웹 온라인목록의 이용자교육의 필요성 등에 관한 결과를 얻었다. 이러한 분석결과를 근거로 하여 웹 온라인목록 이용 중에 발생하는 문제점과 어려움을 느끼는 기능들에 대해 개선방안을 제시하여 이용자들로 하여금 웹 온라인목록 이용의 효율성을 돕고자 하였다.

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The aims of this study is to analyse the user's behavior, satisfaction, difficulties and selection of retrieval keywords for the use of Web-based OPAC in the College students. The methods of the questionnaire and the interview was applied to get the data and processed by using SPSSWIN 10.1. Several research results was proved the hypothesis such as differences between major subject of students in their fields. Furthermore, based on the result of this analysis, another purpose is to come up with the improvements of functions prompting difficulties and answers to problems found in the Web OPAC, helping them to use the Web OPAC efficiently.