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A Study on the Operating Status and Development Direction of Public Library in Busan Metropolitan City

  • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
  • Abbr : JKLISS
  • 2012, 43(4), pp.69-88
  • DOI : 10.16981/kliss.43.4.201212.69
  • Publisher : Korean Library And Information Science Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Park Jae-yong 1

1신라대학교

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ABSTRACT

This research is to find a direction of development through operating status survey of public library in Busan metropolitan city. First, Normally library users visit the library to check out books or to have a private study session. Also users normally obtained information about upcoming events done in the library through using offline search methods. Second, although the usage of the website was low, however the users demanded the increase in computer numbers in the library and online database for home access. Third, the users acknowledged the importance of the public library to their local community. Library policy indicator rated high in importance to the local community(m=3.86). However the reference desk(m=2.87), checkout desk(m=2.41), computer availability(m=2.47), as well as up-to-date artifact availability(m=2.64) did not reach the average point of 3.0. Thus, revealing that the public library’s management policies were not sufficient enough to satisfy the needs of the library users.

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