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The Profile of Public Library Users in the United States: Focusing on the Literature before the 1990s

미국 공공도서관 이용자의 프로파일: 1990년대 이전 문헌을 중심으로

  • 윤정옥 (청주대학교 인문대학 인문학부 문헌정보학전공)
  • Published : 2004.09.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how the commonly known profile of public library users was described, by reviewing the literature published in the United States before the 1990s, when information environment of the public has been drastically changed. The profile of users as the socio-economically advantaged, active participants, and communication elites, has little changed since Berelson's study in the 1940s. Continuing research on users, however, are still needed to better understand their needs and behavior, facing the change since the 1990s.

이 연구의 목적은 현재 보편화된 공공도서관 이용자의 프로파일이 만들어진 배경을 이해하기 위한 것으로, 구십년 대 이전에 미국에서 수행된 스무 편의 대규모 공공도서관 이용과 정보추구 연구의 문헌리뷰를 통해 급격한 정보환경의 변화 이전 이용자의 특성을 인구통계학적, 생활양식, 사회화 및 상황 변인의 측면에서 검토하였다. 사회경제적 중산계층에 속하는 적극적 참여자 및 커뮤니케이션 엘리트로서 공공도서관 이용자의 특성은 1940년대 Berelson의 연구 이후 거의 변하지 않았으나, 구십년 대 이후의 다양한 상황변동에 따른 이들의 요구와 행태에 대한 지속적 연구가 기대된다.

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