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A Study on Factors Related to Seniors’ Use of Library Digital Information: Focusing on senior users of the National Library of Korea

  • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
  • Abbr : JKLISS
  • 2023, 54(4), pp.179-203
  • DOI : 10.16981/kliss.54.4.202312.179
  • Publisher : Korean Library And Information Science Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : November 21, 2023
  • Accepted : December 11, 2023
  • Published : December 30, 2023

Jaeeun Choi 1 LEE Jung-hyo 2 Yeongeun Hwang 3 Jinseo Moon 4 Minji An 5

1이화여자대학교 문헌정보학과, 국립중앙도서관
2국립중앙도서관 고문헌과
3국립중앙도서관 장서개발과
4국립중앙도서관 국제교류홍보팀
5국립중앙도서관 지식정보서비스과

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to identify (1) the attitudes of seniors toward library digitalization, (2) factors that lead them to use digital information in libraries, and (3) factors that hinder or prevent them from using digital information in libraries. As a result of conducting 1:1 in-depth interviews with 20 senior users of the National Library of Korea, the majority of seniors had a favorable attitude toward library digitalization. ‘Librarian’ and ‘vision and font size’ were found to be the most important factors for seniors’ use of digital information. These two factors are factors that enable the use of digital information, but they are also factors that prevent or hinder the use of digital information. In addition, factors for the use of digital information include ‘characteristics of the content’ and ‘convenience’, factors for non-use include ‘attitude and psychological factors’ and ‘physical properties of books’, and hindering factors include ‘website usability issues’.

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