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Study on Users’ Perception of the Effectiveness of Theme Collections in Public Libraries

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2020, 54(3), pp.115-139
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2020.54.3.115
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : July 23, 2020
  • Accepted : August 20, 2020
  • Published : August 31, 2020

ji-won baek 1 Soonhee Pyo 2

1숭의여자대학교 문헌정보과
2성균관대학교 정보관리연구소

Excellent Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the theme collection service in public library from the user's perspective. To this end, based on prior research, the effect elements of the theme collection were derived from the service use, librarian, and library level. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 294 users of A public library. The collection satisfaction of users who know the theme collection was higher than those who did not, and showed high recognition for the satisfaction with the use of new and unexpected books. In addition, it was found that the positive recognition tended to be high among users who have been using the library for a long time and frequently use the library service. Based on the users’ perception and evaluation of the theme collection, the direction of development of the theme collection service was suggested in terms of collection development, collection use and information service, user-centered classification, and awareness improvement of libraries and librarians.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.