Characteristics of the Library Services Market

GIYEONG KIM (김기영)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.3.183

Characteristics of the Library Services Market

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2015, 32(3), pp.183~197
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.3.183
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : August 17, 2015
Accepted : September 10, 2015
Published : September 30, 2015

GIYEONG KIM ¹

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to identify the library services market and its characteristics versus the common commodity market so that marketing and management in library services can be more fruitful in terms of research and development. Based on the developed hypothetical market, a library services market is identified; the market is then characterized in comparison to the common commodity market using three theoretical characteristics of the library services market: indirect exchange, limited competition, and time-lagging exchange. Based on these characteristics, two possible research directions are suggested: development of goals for library management and consideration of applications in library marketing.

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library services market, tripartite market, value circulation, limited competitive market, time-lagging exchange

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