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Abstract

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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이 연구에서는 프로파일링 분석과 동시출현단어 분석을 이용해 인접 학문과의 연관성을 바탕으로 한국어교육학의 정체성을 분석하고자 하였다. 먼저, 한국어교육학, 국어교육학, 국어학 학술지의 논문에서 추출한 주제어를 기반으로 저널 프로파일링 분석을 수행하였고 그 결과 한국어교육학 분야의 학술지들이 하나의 독립된 군집을 형성하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 학문 분야 프로파일링 분석과 동시출현단어 분석을 이용해 학문 분야 간 관계를 분석한 결과 한국어교육학이 국어학보다 국어교육학과 더 큰 유사성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 동시출현단어 분석을 통해 세 학문 분야의 지적 구조를 비교․분석하였다. 이를 통해 한국어교육학에서만 출현한 주제들을 확인함으로써 인접학문들과의 관계 속에서 한국어교육학이 드러내는 정체성을 파악할 수 있었다.

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This study aims at establishing the identity of teaching Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) domain by using journal profiling and co-word analysis in comparison with the relevant and adjacent domains. Firstly, by extracting and comparing topic terms, we calculate the similarity of academic journals of the three domains, KFL, teaching Korean as a Native Language (KNL), and Korean Linguistics (KL). The result shows that the journals of KFL form a distinct cluster from the others. The profiling analysis and co-word analysis are then conducted to visualize the relationship among all the three domains in order to uncover the characteristics of KFL. The findings show that KFL is more similar to KNL than to KL. Finally, the comparison of knowledge structures of these three domains based on the co-word analysis demonstrates the uniqueness of KFL as an independent domain in relation with the other relevant domains.