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The Roles of Public Libraries for the Formation of Digital Capital

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2021, 55(1), pp.521-540
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2021.55.1.521
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : January 16, 2021
  • Accepted : February 3, 2021
  • Published : February 28, 2021

Seungmin Lee 1

1중앙대학교

Excellent Accredited

ABSTRACT

This research categorizes the factors of digital capital accumulated both in personal and social level into digital access and digital competence, and empirically analyzes how the use of public libraries effects on the formation of digital capital. As a result, it was found that participation in public library programs, the use of information services, and the utilization of digital collections had positive effect on the formation and accumulation of digital capital at the personal and social level. In contrast, it was analyzed that the use of digital collections in public libraries did not significantly affect the creation of digital contents or reciprocal collaboration based on online networks. Therefore, in order for public libraries to fully support the formation of digital capital, they should not only provide knowledge and information which is a traditional role of public libraries, but also play a role as a digital-based cooperative system.

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