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A Study on the Development Strategies of Public Libraries Affiliated with Offices of Education as Complex Cultural Institutions: A Case Study of the Student Education and Culture Center in D Metropolitan City

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2025, 59(3), pp.281~300
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2025.59.3.281
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : July 18, 2025
  • Accepted : August 19, 2025
  • Published : August 31, 2025

Lim, jeonghoon 1 Byeong-Kee Lee 2 So Byoung Moon 2 Kang, Bong-suk 3

1계명대학교
2국립공주대학교
3전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to analyze the functions and roles that public libraries affiliated with Offices of Education should fulfill as complex cultural institutions and to propose directions for their further development. To this end, a user survey of visitors to the Student Education and Culture Center in D Metropolitan City and in-depth interviews with educational experts were conducted. The survey results revealed that the majority of users (63.7%) perceived the center as a complex cultural and educational institution, with primary usage purposes including material lending, individual study, reading and relaxation, and participation in cultural and artistic programs. While overall satisfaction with the center’s spaces and facilities was high, there were noted demands for improvements in reading rooms, children’s material rooms, and creative experience spaces. From the in-depth interviews, several development strategies were derived, such as strengthening the functions of the school library support center, expanding regional hub libraries, developing creative and convergent programs linked to future education, expanding services for the culturally underprivileged, and restructuring infrastructure and organizational structure.

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