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A Study on the Impact of Users' Place Attachment on the Value of Public Libraries

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2011, 45(4), pp.209-234
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2011.45.4.209
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : October 17, 2011
  • Accepted : November 27, 2011

Jeong-Ho Lee 1

1서울시정개발연구원

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to verify effects between the place attachment and the place value in public libraries; and also to identify whether frequency and purpose of usage, length of residence, and website use play a moderating role in the influential relationship between users' place attachment and the perception of place value for public libraries. Users' place dependence affected the library's value positively(+) due to moderating effect of usage frequency of the library and the users' length of residence. In order to estimate the moderating effect by purpose of use, the groups were divided by purpose of library use and the relationship between place attachment and place value by groups were analyzed. However, website usage bore no effect on users' place attachment or perception of place value to their local library. This study showed that place attachment as an affective indicator on users is very useful variable to explain the value of libraries as a social and cultural place.

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