초록

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology of user participation evaluation of a scholarly information site in the field of science and technology and to enhance the site by applying a set of testing protocols. Experiments were conducted in a laboratory setting. Data from multiple sources, including eyetracking, search logs and post surveys, were collected and analyzed quantitatively. Based on the results of eyetracking, the contents and images were reorganized after removing unessential elements in the site. The resulting data from the search logs showed that the users were able to finish the tasks more quickly with the revised user interface. The results of the data analysis of post surveys indicated an overall improvement in the revised website compared to the original one.

초록

포털사이트는 검색엔진을 넘어 사이버스페이스 자체를 의미할 정도로 개념과 영역이 확대되었다. 일반인들뿐만 아니라, 필요로 하는 학술정보가 서비스되기 때문에 연구자도 포털사이트를 많이 이용한다. 그동안 포털의 검색은 얼마나 많은 정보를 검색하게 해 줄 것인가 하는 양적인 면에 관심을 두었다. 그러나 최근에는 검색의 질에 보다 관심이 많아지고 있다. 이 논문은 포털이 제공하는 학술정보검색의 문제점을 분석하고, 비교적 신뢰성을 인정받는 사전 서비스와 학술정보를 연계함으로써 학술정보검색의 질을 향상하기 위한 시범적인 시도이다. 즉, 검증되고 압축적으로 정리된 사전의 표제어와 해당 표제어를 키워드로 하는 권위 있는 연구 성과를 연계시킴으로써, 사전을 검색할 때 주제어 관련 연구 성과까지 검색할 수 있게 하는 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

Abstract

Internet portals have been revolutionized not only as simple search engines but also as a new space for the Internet users. They have developed to give satisfying search results for academic information users. academic fields. However, their attention was given to the quantity rather than the quality of the results. This tendency is now changing. This study addresses the problems in the search process using the current portal sites and presents an integrated scholarly information service where users can access more organized and trustworthy information linked with online technical keyword dictionary. When a user enter a keyword on a portal site, he/she can access to high quality scholarly information resources linked with keyword. This could assure the user to get an expanded knowledge with confirmation.