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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.4.273

A Study on the Impact of the Epidemic Disease on the Number of Books Checked Out of the Public Libraries: Based on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus  

Kim, Wan-Jong (한국과학기술정보연구원 정보서비스실)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.32, no.4, 2015 , pp. 273-287 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the impact of the epidemic disease including Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) on the usage of public libraries. Such disease yields anxiety throughout the nation and discourages social activities in general. 18,711,453 records from 303 public libraries were examined with "big data retrieval & analysis platform for public libraries" located in Sejong National Library. The results are as follows. First, in 2015, when MERS was prevalent, the daily mean of books checked out was 64,645.05, showing decrease of 6,300 per day compared to that of 2014. Second, in 2014, the daily mean of books checked out from July 5th to August 19th was greater than that of from April 4th to May 19th and that of from May 20th to July 4th, implying the impact of summer vacation on the increase in books checked out in public libraries. Third, in 2015, the daily mean of books checked out from July 5th was greater than during MERS outbreak(from May 20th to July 4th), while it did not show statistically significant difference with that of before the outbreak. Fourth, the daily mean of books checked out did not show statistically significant difference between 2014 and 2015 before and during the outbreak, while it showed statistically significant difference between 2014 and 2015 after the epidemic period. The results indicate that MERS and the anxiety it brought nationwide had an impact on the daily mean of books checked out in public libraries after the epidemic period rather than during the outbreak.
Keywords
public library; circulation records; big data; MERS; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus;
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