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An Analysis of Web Services in the Legal Works of the Metropolitan Representative Library

광역대표도서관 법정업무의 웹서비스 분석

  • 오선경 (중부대학교 문헌정보학)
  • Received : 2024.04.29
  • Accepted : 2024.05.18
  • Published : 2024.05.31
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Abstract

Article 22(1) of the Library Act, which was completely revised in December 2006, stipulated that regional representative libraries are statutory organizations, and Article 25(1) of the Library Act, which was revised again in late 2021, renamed them as metropolitan representative libraries and expanded their duties. The reason why cities and provinces are required to specify or establish and operate metropolitan representative libraries is that in addition to their role as public libraries for public information use, cultural activities, and lifelong learning as stipulated in Article 23 of the Act, they are also responsible for the legal works of metropolitan representative libraries as stipulated in Article 26, and lead the development of libraries and knowledge culture by serving as policy libraries, comprehensive knowledge information centers, support and cooperation centers, research centers, and joint preservation libraries for all public libraries in the city or province. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and diagnose whether the metropolitan representative library has been faithfully fulfilling its legal works for the past 15 years(2009-2023), and whether it is properly providing the results of its statutory planning and implementation on its website to meet the digital and mobile era. Therefore, this study investigated and analyzed the performance of the metropolitan representative library for the last two years based on the current statutory tasks and evaluated the extent to which it provides them through its website, and suggested complementary measures to strengthen its web services. As a result, it was analyzed that the web services for legal works that the metropolitan representative library should perform are quite insufficient and inadequate, so it suggested complementary measures such as building a website for legal works on the homepage, enhancing accessibility and visibility through providing an independent website, providing various policy information and web services (portal search, inter-library loan, one-to-one consultation, joint DB construction, data transfer and preservation, etc.), and ensuring digital accessibility of knowledge information for the vulnerable.

2006년 12월에 전부 개정된 「도서관법」 제22조 제1항은 지역대표도서관을 법정기구로 규정하였고, 2021년 말에 재개정된 「도서관법」 제25조 제1항은 그 명칭을 광역대표도서관으로 개칭하고 수행해야 할 업무도 확장하였다. 시·도가 광역대표도서관을 지정 또는 설립 운영해야 하는 이유는 동법 제23조에 규정된 공중의 정보이용, 문화활동, 평생학습 등 공공도서관으로서의 역할에 더하여 제26조에 규정된 광역대표도서관의 법정업무를 주관하고 시·도 내 모든 공공도서관을 위한 정책도서관, 종합지식정보센터, 지원·협력 구심체, 조사연구, 공동보존서고 운영 등을 수행하여 도서관 및 지식문화 발전을 견인하는데 있다. 그렇다면 지난 15년간(2009-2023) 광역대표도서관은 법정 업무를 충실하게 수행하여 왔는가, 특히 디지털·모바일 시대에 부응하기 위해 법정업무의 계획 및 추진실적을 웹사이트에서 제대로 제공하고 있는지를 분석·진단할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 광역대표도서관의 현행 법정 업무를 기준으로 최근 2년간 수행실적을 조사·분석한 후 웹사이트를 통해 어느 정도로 제공하는지를 평가하여 웹서비스 강화를 위한 보완책을 제시하였다. 그 결과, 광역대표도서관이 수행해야 하는 법정업무에 대한 웹서비스는 상당히 부족하고 부실한 것으로 분석되어 홈페이지에서 법정업무를 위한 웹사이트 구축, 독립된 웹사이트 제공을 통한 접근 편의성 및 가시성 제고, 다양한 정책정보 및 웹서비스(포털검색, 상호대차와 원문제공, 공동DB 구축, 자료이관 및 보존 등) 방안, 지식정보 취약계층의 디지털 접근성 보장 등을 보완책으로 제시하였다.

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이 논문은 2023년도 중부대학교 학술연구비 지원에 의하여 이루어진 것임.

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