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A Study on the Contracting Out of Public Libraries in Japan by Japanese Bookstore Company: Focusing on Content Analysis of Newspaper Articles related to the ‘Takeo City Library’

  • Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2018, 29(2), pp.247-274
  • DOI : 10.14699/kbiblia.2018.29.2.247
  • Publisher : Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : June 7, 2018
  • Accepted : June 21, 2018

Yujin Choi 1 Mi-Kyeong Cha 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

In 2013, the Japanese bookstore company CCC entrusted the management and operation of the library as the designated administrator of Takeo City Library. The library has a commercial facility in the hall and uses its own classification system. It was reported the number of visiting users was increased as 3.7 times in the first year of the reopening and it has attracted the attention of the public. The purpose of this study is to investigate the background, current status and operational characteristics of the Takeo City Library by conducting the literature review, content analysis of newspaper articles and interview survey on the library. As a result of the research, newspaper articles positively assessed the fact that the library provided a ‘multicultural space’ to small city residents, increased visitors, and local economic effects, but pointed out that the operating deficit continued, and the problem occurred in the selection of collections.

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