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The Effects of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Public Library Book Circulation: A Community-level Study

지역사회 사회경제적 박탈이 공공도서관 대출 책수에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2021.10.18
  • Accepted : 2021.11.08
  • Published : 2021.11.30
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Abstract

This study analyzes the effects of community-level socioeconomic deprivations (SED) on public libraries' book circulation in the Seoul metropolitan area. The study design draws upon the theory of local information landscapes, which explains the relationship between community characteristics and information behavior. Using four-year (2015-2018) open government and public library circulation data, we constructed a socioeconomic deprivation index by adjusting a multi-dimensional deprivation index and generated other variables. Multi-level robust linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between SED and public library circulation. In addition, we tested the moderating effects of the library collection size and the number of libraries per unit area, respectively, on library circulation. The results show that there is a significant negative relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and library circulation rate. Also, we found that the size of the library collection negatively moderates the effects of SED in areas with a large number of books, and the number of libraries per unit area was positvely related to the library book circulation, not moderating the effects of SED. These findings suggest that public libraries and policymakers should consider community characteristics in designing strategic plans for public libraries.

본 연구에서는 지역사회적 특성이 해당 지역 구성원의 정보행위에 영향을 미친다는 지역 정보지평 이론에 근거하여, 지역사회의 사회경제적 박탈 수준이 공공도서관 도서 대출에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 다차원적 빈곤 지수에 기반하여 사회경제적 박탈 지수를 구성하였으며, 수도권 지역사회의 2015~2018년 박탈 지수를 산출하였다. 동 기간의 수도권 지역사회의 공공도서관 대출 책수는 국가도서관통계시스템을 통해 수집하였다. 박탈 지수와 대출 책수 간의 관계를 파악하기 위해 다층모형 로버스트 선형회귀분석을 실시하였으며, 통제변수로는 지역사회 특성과 도서관 특성을 활용하였다. 분석결과, 지역사회의 사회경제적 박탈 수준이 높아질수록 해당 지역 구성원의 1인당 공공도서관 대출 책수는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 도서관의 소장도서 수가 많은 지역에서 박탈 수준이 높아지면 대출 책수의 감소폭이 큰 것으로 나타났으나, 그렇지 않은 지역에서는 그 효과가 미미하였다. 나아가 지역사회 단위면적당 도서관 수는 박탈 지수의 효과를 조절하지 않았지만, 전반적으로 대출 책수에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과는 정보격차를 해소한다는 기존 공공도서관의 역할에 새로운 시각을 제시하는데, 특히, 공공도서관 운영 및 서비스 전략 수립에 지역사회의 사회경제적 특성을 고려하여야 함을 시사한다.

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