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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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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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새로운 기술의 발달과 병행하는 정보이용환경의 급격한 변화는 정보원의 이용 및 정보서비스에 대한 새로운 고찰을 요구한다. 이용자 정보추구의 올바른 이해는 정보서비스의 향상에 핵심적인 역할을 하고 있으므로 변화하는 정보이용환경에 따라 이용자의 정보추구를 시기적절하게 새롭게 고찰할 필요가 있다. 많은 이전 연구들이 이용자 정보추구에 초점을 맞추고 있으나 의사들의 정보추구, 특히 진료정보 및 의학지식 추구를 동시에 대상으로 한 연구는 거의 없다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 진료와 의학연구를 동시에 수행하는 대학병원의 강사인 의사들의 정보추구행태를 탐구하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 본 연구는 연세의료원 강사 12명을 대상으로 개방형 반구조화 형식의 심층 면접을 통하여 수집하였다. 면접 내용은 크게 연구 환경, 진료와 관련된 정보 추구 행태, 선호하는 정보원과 자료 유형, 검색과정과 만족도의 4가지 주제로 구성하였다. 응답 결과 연구 목적의 정보추구에 있어서는 PubMed를 통한 전자학술지 대한 신뢰도가 더 높았으나 진료 목적인 경우에는 인쇄형태의 교과서를 더 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 정보원에 대한 권위와 근거를 매우 중요시하는 의사들의 태도에서 그 원인을 찾을 수 있다.

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Rapid change in information use environments that corresponds with the development of new technologies requires a new perspective in examining information source uses and information services. As understanding information seeking behaviors is an essential element for improving information services, the changing information seeking behaviors should be examined in a timely manner. While several prior studies focus on this topic, few studies deal with medical doctors’ information seeking behaviors especially focusing on information seeking in both medical practices and research. Thus, this study aims to explore the information seeking behaviors of medical doctors who are both medical practitioners and researchers. Data were obtained by open-ended and semi-structured in-depth interviews during one month from April to May, 2009. The interview-question topics ranged from research contexts, medical-practice-related information seeking behaviors, favorable information sources, and information search process and satisfaction. Findings include that, for research purpose, digital journal articles accessed through the PubMed were more favorable sources while, for practice purpose, printed textbooks were preferred. Overall, the most-frequently-used sources were PubMed and articles because medical doctors regard the reliability and authority very highly.

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본 연구는 차세대 포탈(EP) 기능의 평가 프레임워크를 지식창출의 관점에서 제시하는데 목표를 두고 있다. 스마트 엔터프라이즈 통합포탈 (SES)과 같은 차세대 상품이 기존의 EP 기능에 협업과 컨텐츠 관리를 통합시킴으로써, EP는 더 이상 정보와 컨텐츠의 단순 통로가 아니게 되었다. EP는 상호보완적인 정보기술의 통합체로서 거듭나고 있다. 이러한 통합현상의 일반화와 더불어 지식창출의 중요성을 감안한다면 EP기능을 지식창출의 관점에서 평가할 수 있는 기반을 마련하는 것은 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 문헌조사를 통하여 EP 기능의 기본적 요소를 설정하였다. 이를 기반으로 델파이 조사법을 이용하여 각각의 요소를 실증적으로 검증함과 동시에 지식창출 모델에 근거하여 분류하였다. 델파이 조사법에 사용된 전문가 그룹은 엔트루 컨설팅 파트너스에 근무하고 있는 7명의 지식경영 전문 컨설턴트로 구성되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 이론적 모델을 실무와 통합시킴으로써 EP의 평가에 있어서 새로운 비전을 제시하였다고 할 수 있다.

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The purpose of this paper is to imply for the assessing framework of next generation Enterprise Portals'(EPs) function through the lens of organizational knowledge creation. As the emerging “suite” products such as Smart Enterprise Suite (SES) converges EPs with collaboration and content management, EPs are no longer just a gateway to information and content. EPs are emerging as the center of convergence for many complementary technologies. Considering that this trend is common and knowledge creation is one of key goals of EPs, it is important to assess EPs’ function through the knowledge creation process. This paper reviews literatures to set initial assessing elements of EPs’ function, then adopts Delphi Technique to prove and categorize the elements according to the knowledge creation process. The samples are consisted of 7 professional knowledge management consultants at Entrue Consulting Partners, LG CNS. This paper may be significant in providing a new vision to the evaluation of EPs by combining a theoretical model with a practical situation.