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During the last decade, increasing use of technology that facilitates information access has changed academic library services. The emergence of information commons is one of the key changes. Most previous studies on information commons have focused on its conception and role. Whereas, considering information commons as a spatial service, this study aims to examine the influence of information commons on user traffic patterns within the library and perception of the library. As the information commons grew into main library service space and facility, it is necessary to explore what influences information commons have on the behavior and recognition of users. Two methods were used. First, observation method was used to record traffic pattern and user behavior. Second, twenty undergraduates and twelve graduates were interviewed regarding the use and recognition of the information commons and the library. The results of the study show that the traffic patterns were different between undergraduate students and graduate students; the location and structure of facilities influences their movement and behaviors; and the recognition of information commons tends to affect the perception of the entire library. The findings may help librarians improve and plan for library spaces to meet user demands.

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The purpose of this paper is to identify the usefulness of Weblog genre analysis in knowledge creation within an organization where communications are occurred frequently among the employees with information and communication technologies (ICTs). Knowledge creation is essential to achieve competitive advantage in today’s knowledge-oriented working environments. There has been huge investment on knowledge management systems to achieve such advantages. It is, however, widely recognized that distributed knowledge management systems often fail due to the different social contexts across the sub-organizations where the local information systems are deployed. It is important to coordinate such social gaps across the sub-organizations to achieve better advantages. Given that Weblogs users often feel a shared social norm, Weblogs play a positive role of narrowing the social gaps. This paper argues that the genre analysis of Weblogs could provide important clues to narrow the social gaps existed across the sub-organizations within an organization. Hence, such taxonomical practice may be a solution for the high rate of failure in knowledge management system implementations in an organization. This paper uses the theory of organizational knowledge creation (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995) and social construction of technology (SCOT) approach (Bijker, 1995) to compare the socialized with the non-socialized integration of distributed information systems. The findings of this research provide a useful framework for better implementing knowledge management practices especially in distributed working environments.

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본 연구는 마케팅 분야에서 공간 서비스를 측정하기 위해 이용되는 서비스스케이프를 대학도서관에 도입함으로써 도서관 공간 및 시설이 이용자들의 만족도와 지속의도에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울에 위치한 4년제 종합사립대학교 10곳의 이용자를 대상으로 설문과 심층면담을 실시하였다. 분석결과 도서관의 서비스스케이프 요인은 청결성, 쾌적성, 심미성, 편의성으로 확인되었으며 편의성을 필두로 청결성, 심미성, 쾌적성 순으로 이용자의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 이용자의 특성에 따라 대학도서관 서비스스케이프의 만족도와 지속의도에도 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 토대로 대학도서관은 더 다양한 기능을 수용할 수 있는 공간 마련과 선진 정보 기술 활용 등을 통한 서비스의 고도화를 추구할 필요가 있으며 청결성, 쾌적성, 심미성, 편의성을 고려하는 방향으로 도서관 공간을 발전시킬 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 문헌정보학 분야에서 연구된 적 없는 서비스스케이프라는 개념을 도입하여 대학도서관 이용자들의 만족도와 지속의도를 살펴보았다. 이를 통해 LibQUAL+의 장소로서의 도서관을 측정하는데 있어 보다 세밀한 분석을 돕고자 하였고 공간을 기획하는 실무자에게 새로운 가이드 라인을 제공하였다는데 의의를 둔다.

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The purpose of this study is to apply the Servicescape, which is used to measure the spatial services in marketing, to the studies on university libraries, in order to identify the influence of the library spaces and facilities on the satisfaction and continuance intention of the users of university libraries. For this purpose, questionnaires and in-depth interviews were conducted for users in ten private universities located in Seoul. Servicescape factors of the libraries showed that cleanliness, comfort, aesthetics, and convenience had a significant influence. Of these, convenience turned out to have the highest level of influence upon satisfaction, followed by cleanliness, aesthetics, and comfort. Descriptive statistical analysis showed whether there were significant differences in satisfaction and continuance intention based on the differences in the characteristics of the samples. Findings show that it would be necessary to provide spaces that can accommodate the various functions of a university library; seek advancement of the services; and develop the spaces of a library in consideration of cleanliness, comfort, aesthetic, and convenience. This study introduced the concept of Servicescape for the first time in the field of library and information science. This study implies that the results assist a more detailed analysis for the Library as Place dimension of LibQUAL+, and provide a new guideline for practitioners who design library spaces.