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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Number of Checked-out Books Using Latent Growth Model and Growth Mixture Modeling

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2023, 57(1), pp.45-68
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2023.57.1.045
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : December 24, 2022
  • Accepted : January 9, 2023
  • Published : February 28, 2023

Park Hee Jin 1 Park, Sung Jae 1

1한성대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to longitudinally analyze impact factors on library use. One of library use indicators, the number of circulated books was statistically analyzed with latent growth model and growth mixture model. Library data from 2014 to 2019 were collected from the National Library Statistics System, and 846 public libraries were analyzed. As results, the number of circulated books were decreased, but it was tempered. Next, with controlling the factor affecting the dependent variable, the size of collection and the number of participants in reading programs provided by public libraries were statistically significant. Lastly, 5 classes were identified by applying the growth mixture model, and the number of librarians was significantly associated with trajectory class membership.

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