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This study identifies that library cultural and welfare services play a critical role in preventing the outflow of young people and attracting economically active populations, thereby enhancing the sustainability of local communities, and proposes specific strategies to achieve this goal. The findings reveal that libraries can function as vital hubs by providing practical services such as vocational training, entrepreneurial support, and community networking, enabling young people to establish a stable foundation and settle in their communities. Based on these insights, the study proposes four strategic approaches for expanding the role of libraries: first, designing customized services tailored to the needs and lifestyles of young people; second, developing linkage programs that create economic opportunities and provide stable employment; third, operating community programs that promote social participation and strengthen the connection between young people and the local community; and fourth, establishing multi-faceted support systems through collaboration with local stakeholders.

This study examined the impact of users’ cognitive and emotional trust in using ChatGPT service on their satisfaction with ChatGPT, at a time when ChatGPT-4 is rapidly spreading and its performance is improving. The analysis results showed that the quality factors of generative ChatGPT (system quality, service quality, information quality) have a positive effect on both cognitive and emotional trust. Trust (cognitive trust, emotional trust) was also found to have a positive impact on user satisfaction. Furthermore, these findings highlight that, with the increasing universality of information and advancements in AI technology, service quality evaluation is becoming an important factor of interest. In particular, since generative artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT are expected to have a significant impact on users’ use of information, libraries need to think ahead about the pros and cons and problems of these technologies and use them as a basis for further improving the library’s information services.

This study analyzed the regional distribution, academic achievements, review and editorial performance of international journal reviewers in the field of library and information science and what factors were related to the impact of the journals they reviewed. This study extracted 307 international academic journal reviewers in the field of library and information science based on WOS researcher profile and inCite. In addition, impact metrics of the journals reviewed by these reviewers were collected and nonparametric correlation analysis and logistic regression analysis were performed. The analysis results showed that, first, LIS international academic journal reviewers are distributed in the order of the US, Spain, and the UK, and it was analyzed that there are a small number of researchers who demonstrate top-notch academic achievements and review performance, forming an overall long-tail graph. Second, the academic performance of LIS international journal reviewers was found to have a weak correlation (r= 0.38 p<0.01) with their participation in journal publications, such as reviewing and editing. So the two were interpreted as somewhat independent activities. Third, the influence of the journals reviewed by the researchers under analysis was more closely related to impact index such as the number of citations and h-Index than to the amount of papers they published. And .the logistic regression analysis results showed that only the H index was 1.15, indicating a positive effect (95% CI: 1.094-1.209).