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Abstract

This study examined two characteristics of library and information science (LIS) journals in Korea through analysis of journal coupling with common authors. This study also illustrated the trend of Korean LIS research in the recent decade. The notable change is that record management and archival studies settle in LIS domain as a major research area. We introduced two indicators, Publishing Preference Index (PPI) and Researcher Attraction Index (RAI), based on the degree of common authors among journals. Both indicators revealed notable changes in author coupling, including reversal of PPIs in some journals, which can be interpreted as proof of changes in their author groups. The RAI analysis, which measured the degree of journals’ attractiveness to Korean LIS researchers and author sharing between two journals, illustrated the journals’ states in a domain; this result can help find both an isolated journal and strongly bonded journals in the specific domain. Journal coupling with common authors introduced in this study proved to be an effective investigative method for illustrating journals’ states in a specified domain as well as a multidisciplinary area.

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여가를 위해 독서를 하는 독자는 특정 작가를 선호하는 경우가 많은데 독서분야를 확장할 때에도 자신이 선호하는 작가와 연관된 작가나 장르로 독서분야를 확장하는 성향이 있다. 이 연구에서는 중심작가로 에드거 앨런 포를 선정한 후 독자들이 에드거 앨런 포와 연관하여 다른 독자에게 추천하는 작가와 작품정보를 기반으로 작가 이미지를 분석하였다. 에드거 앨런 포와 동시출현한 작가와 작품의 빈도수를 분석하고 추천작가간, 작품간 관계를 네트워크 기법으로 분석하였다. 분석결과 에드거 앨런 포의 장르적 이미지와 연관된 작가군, 작가들 간의 관계, 연관 도서가 파악되었다, 이 연구에서 제시한 특정 작가의 이미지, 연관 작가 및 작품 정보를 도출하는 방안은 특정 작가를 중심으로 도서관 독서 프로그램이나 문화 프로그램, 북 큐레이션을 하게 될 경우 활용할 수 있는 도구가 될 것이다.

Abstract

Many readers tend to read books of a specific author and to expand their reading areas according to the author. This study chose Edgar Allan Poe and analyzed the image of the author using co-recommended authors and books by other readers. The frequencies of co-occurred authors and books were investigated and the relations of authors and books were analyzed with network analysis methods. As a result, genre images of Poe, related authors, and related books are discovered. This study also suggested the methods to identify the image of a author, related author groups, and related books for libraries’ reading programs and book curation.