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A Study on the Users Perception about the Future of Libraries in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution: Comparing with Librarians

  • Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2018, 29(1), pp.125~152
  • DOI : 10.14699/kbiblia.2018.29.1.125
  • Publisher : Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : February 19, 2018
  • Accepted : February 28, 2018

Ju-Yeon Gang 1 Park, Tae-yeon ORD ID 2 kim Geon 1 Jeong Min Lee 3 Hyo-Jung Oh 1

1전북대학교
2전북대학교 문화융복합아카이빙연구소
3국립중앙도서관

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ABSTRACT

This study examined users’ awareness to establish futurity of libraries and to propose strategies in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution. For this purpose, the awareness survey was conducted of users, and the survey consisted of questions about the awareness of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the current state of using technologies and devices of the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the futurity of libraries of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The results are as follows: First, users were interested in the 4th industrial Revolution, but they thought that new technologies are poorly adopted in the libraries. Second, users were most frequently using mobile phone, QR code, and Beacon. Especially, mobile phone was a most frequently used device in the libraries. However, users were not satisfied with technologies and devices provided by the libraries. Third, users expected the 4th Industrial Revolution have a positive influence on future of libraries, but they were worried about losses of opportunities and jobs. Forth, users agreed with necessity of new technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution for libraries services. They wanted application of the technologies, expecially, in online services. Ultimately, this study suggested some meaningful insights and strategies through comparative analysis of the above findings and librarians’ awareness survey results.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.