@article{ART002286851},
author={Nahyun Kwon},
title={An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science},
issn={1225-598X},
year={2017},
volume={51},
number={4},
pages={183-201},
doi={10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183}
TY - JOUR
AU - Nahyun Kwon
TI - An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
PY - 2017
VL - 51
IS - 4
PB - 한국문헌정보학회
SP - 183
EP - 201
SN - 1225-598X
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the current staffing practices in public libraries and to analyze the relevance of legal standards of public library staffing. It analyzed the national library statistical data to obtain the national average staffing rate, reviewed related literature to understand the rationales that established the key attributes that construct the current legal standards, and compared the placement rates of the three standards, namely the current legal standards, Korean Library Association’s standards, and IFLA staffing standards, to determine the optimacy of the legal standards. It found the current placement rate in the legal standard was only 18.2%, marking the lowest rates among the three compared standards, indicating the current legal standards being unnecessarily high. The study attributes the problem to the structure of the current legal standards that calculate the staffing size based on the building and collection size rather than service populations. The findings of this study suggest a revision of the current standard based on service population while retaining the minimum staffing of three librarians even the smallest public library unit.
KW - Staffing Standards;Public Libraries;Staffing Statistics
DO - 10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
ER -
Nahyun Kwon. (2017). An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 51(4), 183-201.
Nahyun Kwon. 2017, "An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries", Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, vol.51, no.4 pp.183-201. Available from: doi:10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon "An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 51.4 pp.183-201 (2017) : 183.
Nahyun Kwon. An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries. 2017; 51(4), 183-201. Available from: doi:10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon. "An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 51, no.4 (2017) : 183-201.doi: 10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon. An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 51(4), 183-201. doi: 10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon. An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science. 2017; 51(4) 183-201. doi: 10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon. An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries. 2017; 51(4), 183-201. Available from: doi:10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
Nahyun Kwon. "An Analysis of Staffing of Public Librarians and Staffing Standards for Public Libraries" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 51, no.4 (2017) : 183-201.doi: 10.4275/KSLIS.2017.51.4.183
