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A Study on the Construction of a Cooperative Network for Public Libraries

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2010, 44(2), pp.177-197
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2010.44.2.177
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : April 19, 2010
  • Accepted : May 6, 2010

Yoon-Hee Cho 1

1동대문구정보화도서관

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ABSTRACT

Public libraries in Korea have increased dramatically in number through the last 45 years. However, compared to the public libraries of the United States of America, United Kingdom of Britain, and Japan, public libraries in Korea tended to have a higher rate of capita visits per a public library, so public libraries' infrastructure in Korea is very inadequate. This research analyzed cooperative network cases for public libraries of London Borough of Camden, Ootaku in Janpan, and Bucheon City in Korea to deduct a plan to broaden the service area and to make management more efficient by managing based on the single-administrative district area as a regional library system. With these results this research excogitated a cooperative network model and a plan to make the management more efficient. As a conclusion, as public libraries increase in numbers we need to examine the proper scale, and we need to construct a central-concentrated system to enhance management efficiency between a central library and branch libraries or small libraries.

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