A Study on New Courses Offered in Korean Library and Information Science

ABSTRACT This study analyzed the changes in Library and Information Scie nce (LIS) courses by investigating the LIS curriculum of Korea in the past 20 years (1991-2011). Resul ts showed that the total number of courses increased as a whole. As the Korean educational system moved fo rward to the faculty system (Hakbuje), the number of basic courses increased while the number of core courses decreased. But the opposite phenomenon appeared as universities returned to the department system (Hak gwaje). Also, we investigated the domain-specific distribution of each department by separating t he courses of 34 Korean LIS Departments into these seven domains: General Library and Information Science; Information Organization; Library and Information Center Management; Information Services; Inform ation Science; Bibliography; and Archival Science. The results showed that the number of courses reduced in most domains over the past 20 years, except for the Library Service and Information Science areas. T his study also explored the following phenomena: disappeared courses, changed course’s names, courses that integ rated into a single course, courses that separated into various other courses, and newly emerging course s with the developing age.키워드: 문헌정보학, 교과과정, 교과목, 신규과목, 교과목개설추이Library and Information Science, Curriculum, Courses, New Cours es, Course Offering Trends