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The Influence Factors on the Numbers of Visitors and Reference Room Users of Public Libraries: Based on the National Libraries Statistical Data 2018

공공도서관 방문자수 및 자료실이용자수에 미치는 영향요인 - 2018년 전국도서관통계를 바탕으로 -

  • 이경진 (한국문화관광연구원 문화연구본부 문화기반연구실)
  • Received : 2020.04.11
  • Accepted : 2020.05.18
  • Published : 2020.05.31
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Abstract

This study attempts to identify the influence factors on the numbers of visitors and reference room users of public libraries through log-log multiple regression models, using the Korean National Libraries Statistical Data 2018. The fact found is summarized as follows; Even though books collection and seating capacities might be the most important factors in attraction of visitors and reference room users to public libraries in the past when the storage and propagation of knowledge and information was the top function of public libraries, very various and compound factors such as cultural or lifetime education programs, library operation, and user activities have an effect on inducing people to visit and use public libraries at present. This means that these days, public libraries are being transformed into some kinds of comprehensive cultural center where software elements such as cultural programs, user education, events, budget, membership, opening days, building style and age, and group activities rather than hardware elements such as books, literature material, and facilities constitute their essential parts in connection with visitor and user induction.

본 연구는 2018년 전국도서관통계를 활용하여 공공도서관 방문자수 및 자료실이용자수에 미치는 영향요인을 log-log 중회귀모형으로 분석했다. 분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 과거, '지식과 정보의 저장 및 전파'가 공공도서관의 주된 기능이던 시대에 이용자 유치에 가장 중요했을 것으로 생각되는 장서수나 좌석수 등의 요소를 넘어 현재는 문화 혹은 평생교육 프로그램, 도서관 운영, 이용자활동 등의 차원에서 매우 다양하고 복합적인 요소들이 방문자 및 자료실이용자 유인에 영향을 주고 있다. 이는 이제 도서관은 책이나 자료, 시설 등의 하드웨어적 요소보다는 문화 프로그램, 이용자 교육, 행사, 예산, 회원수, 개관시간, 건물의 스타일과 노후도, 동아리활동 등의 소프트웨어적 요소에 이끌려 찾아가는 종합문화센터가 되고 있다는 것을 뜻한다.

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