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| Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Korean Studies Information Service System |
| Native name | 한국학술정보 |
| Established | 1996 |
| Type | Bibliographic database and full‑text repository |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean, English |
| Provider | Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (initial), later private consortium |
Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) is a South Korean bibliographic and full‑text database and journal platform that aggregates scholarly articles, dissertations, and grey literature across humanities and social sciences. It serves researchers, librarians, and students in institutions such as Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University and links content from publishers including Korean Studies Association of America, The Academy of Korean Studies, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea and various university presses. KISS interoperates with international services and repositories like CrossRef, Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR and Project MUSE for metadata exchange and discovery.
KISS is a centralized platform for Korean-language and Korea-related scholarship, hosting titles from publishers such as Korean History Association, Korean Classical Literature Society, Korean Political Science Association, Korean Sociological Association, Korean Economic Association, Korean Philosophical Association, Korean Literature Association, Korean Art History Association, Korean Geography Society and many university journals. The system indexes content on subjects linked to institutions including National Library of Korea, Academy of Korean Studies, Korean Studies Center at UCLA, Harvard-Yenching Library, Columbia University Libraries and international centers such as SOAS University of London. KISS supports metadata standards compatible with Dublin Core, Open Archives Initiative, ORCID, Crossref DOI and integrates identifiers used by Korean Citation Index and DBpia.
KISS originated in the mid‑1990s amid digitization initiatives involving organizations like Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Ministry of Education (South Korea), National Research Foundation of Korea and university libraries at Seoul National University Library and Yonsei University Library. Early collaborations referenced projects at Academy of Korean Studies and cooperative networks with Korean Studies Information Service System predecessors in consortiums alongside DBpia and KoreaMed. During the 2000s KISS expanded holdings through agreements with publishers such as The Korea Herald academic supplements, JoongAng Ilbo affiliated journals, and scholarly societies including Korean Archaeological Society and Korean Folklore Society. In the 2010s platform upgrades incorporated standards promoted by National Information Standards Organization and partnerships with international aggregators such as ProQuest and EBSCO.
KISS provides full‑text articles, abstracts, indexing, citation tracking, and alerts across journals, conference proceedings, theses and reports from entities like Korean Council for University Education, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Korean Institute of Criminology, Korean Cultural Heritage Administration and museums including National Museum of Korea. Subject coverage spans outputs from scholarly societies such as Korean Medical Association, Korean Chemical Society, Korean Economic Association, Korean Psychological Association, Korean Historical Association, Korean Law Association and includes content authored by scholars affiliated with KAIST, POSTECH, Ewha Womans University, Hanyang University and Chung-Ang University. Tools include advanced search, bibliometrics compatible with Science Citation Index, export functions for reference managers like EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley, and linkage to institutional repositories such as Sejong Open Repository.
Access to KISS content is provided via institutional subscriptions at libraries of Sejong University, Inha University, Pusan National University, Chonnam National University and private subscribers including corporate research centers of Samsung, LG, Hyundai Motor Company and government research institutes like Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and Korea Development Institute. Individual subscriptions and pay‑per‑view options coexist with open access materials from publishers participating in policies of Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea) and mandates linked to National Research Foundation of Korea grants. Interlibrary access and authentication methods employ Shibboleth, SAML and IP range recognition compatible with consortia such as Korean Academic Information Service.
The KISS platform runs on content management and discovery systems updated periodically to incorporate protocols from Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and linked data practices promoted by World Wide Web Consortium. The backend uses persistent identifiers like Digital Object Identifier and integrates author identifiers from ORCID and institutional identifiers used by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information. Search and indexing utilize engines comparable to implementations by Elasticsearch and compatibility layers for export to aggregators like Factiva and LexisNexis. Preservation policies follow guidelines from International Council on Archives and coordination with repositories such as Korea Open Access Repository (KOAR).
KISS is cited by scholars at institutions including Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Toronto, Australian National University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and research centers such as Wilson Center and Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada for access to Korean source material. Reviews in library and information science venues reference its role alongside DBpia, RISS, Korean Citation Index and KOREANJOUR for enhancing discoverability of Korea‑centric research. Policymakers at Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea) and funders like National Research Foundation of Korea have noted KISS contributions to national research infrastructure and internationalization of Korean studies.
Governance of KISS involves a consortium model with stakeholders from academic publishers, university libraries such as Seoul National University Library and Yonsei University Library, and oversight by bodies like Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies and Korean Council for University Education. Funding sources include subscription revenue, institutional membership fees, grants from National Research Foundation of Korea and occasional support from ministries such as Ministry of Education (South Korea) and Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea). Editorial policy and collection development are coordinated with scholarly societies including Korean Studies Association, Korean Historical Association and Korean Language and Literature Association to ensure peer‑review standards and compliance with indexing partners.
Category:Korean digital libraries