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http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2018.52.2.221

A Comparative Study of the Perceptions on Public Libraries between Librarians and Users: A Survey of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Public Libraries  

Pyo, Soon-Hee (성균관대학교 정보관리연구소)
Cha, Mikyeong (이화여자대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / v.52, no.2, 2018 , pp. 221-244 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to provide basic information necessary for establishing library development plan and service direction by comparing and analyzing the perception of librarian and user's public library. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 270 librarians and 820 public users of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Public Libraries regarding the current environment of the library, the role and status of the future library, and the library policy. The results showed librarians viewed the long history and accumulated information resources as strengths, while users had the highest satisfaction with human resources. As for the role of the public library and its future status, both librarians and users perceived reading and education as more important, confirming that the two groups had common expectations for public libraries. Yet the two groups had different perceptions about the policy for enhancing future library roles. Librarians suggested the needs for the improvement of old facilities and continuing education for librarians, users indicated the collections and enlargement of reading room as more important, which suggested the library policy development considering the difference of the perceptions between the two groups.
Keywords
Public Library; Library Development Plan; Librarian; User; Perception;
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