Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service
Background: We conducted research on the newly developed personalized recommendation service (PRS) of the global network of Korean scientists and engineers (KOSEN) in order to explore the information usage behavior and importance of the PRS used by Korean scientists and engineers. Methods: In order...
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| author | Jung-Hoon Park Seong Eun Park Hee-Seok Choi Yun-Young Hwang |
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| description | Background: We conducted research on the newly developed personalized recommendation service (PRS) of the global network of Korean scientists and engineers (KOSEN) in order to explore the information usage behavior and importance of the PRS used by Korean scientists and engineers. Methods: In order to understand information usage behavior, we gathered data from 513 survey results and analyzed them in terms of information usage behavior and the corresponding importance in each of the service quality areas. Results: We analyzed the 321 outcomes that indicated non-use of the PRS in order to understand the underlying reason(s); we employed 192 results that demonstrated the use of functionality to examine information usage behavior and importance. They found that the predominant motive for non-use of the service resulted from the respondents not knowing how to use it. According to demographic characteristics, the usage behavior of the PRS showed a difference regarding the purpose of using the service in the categories of gender and major field of study. Furthermore, users were concerned with various components of the PRS such as ease of use, design, relevance of content, user support, and interactivity. Conclusions: We suggest reinforcing user education degree and promotion to enhance the PRS. Since users were concerned with ease of use, design, relevance, user support, and interactivity, we recommend these as major points for improvement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-787126db6e5e4bcd96f201538ae534942022-12-21T18:20:13ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892019-05-0110518110.3390/info10050181info10050181Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation ServiceJung-Hoon Park0Seong Eun Park1Hee-Seok Choi2Yun-Young Hwang3Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, KoreaKorea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, KoreaKorea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, KoreaKorea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, KoreaBackground: We conducted research on the newly developed personalized recommendation service (PRS) of the global network of Korean scientists and engineers (KOSEN) in order to explore the information usage behavior and importance of the PRS used by Korean scientists and engineers. Methods: In order to understand information usage behavior, we gathered data from 513 survey results and analyzed them in terms of information usage behavior and the corresponding importance in each of the service quality areas. Results: We analyzed the 321 outcomes that indicated non-use of the PRS in order to understand the underlying reason(s); we employed 192 results that demonstrated the use of functionality to examine information usage behavior and importance. They found that the predominant motive for non-use of the service resulted from the respondents not knowing how to use it. According to demographic characteristics, the usage behavior of the PRS showed a difference regarding the purpose of using the service in the categories of gender and major field of study. Furthermore, users were concerned with various components of the PRS such as ease of use, design, relevance of content, user support, and interactivity. Conclusions: We suggest reinforcing user education degree and promotion to enhance the PRS. Since users were concerned with ease of use, design, relevance, user support, and interactivity, we recommend these as major points for improvement.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/5/181personalized recommendation serviceusage behaviorKOSEN |
| spellingShingle | Jung-Hoon Park Seong Eun Park Hee-Seok Choi Yun-Young Hwang Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service Information personalized recommendation service usage behavior KOSEN |
| title | Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service |
| title_full | Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service |
| title_fullStr | Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service |
| title_short | Information Usage Behavior and Importance: Korean Scientist and Engineer Users of a Personalized Recommendation Service |
| title_sort | information usage behavior and importance korean scientist and engineer users of a personalized recommendation service |
| topic | personalized recommendation service usage behavior KOSEN |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/5/181 |
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