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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to ascertain librarian’s perceptions on their users’ library access and its patterns. Interviews with seven library staff reveal physical accessibility issues including spatial relationships between libraries and other facilities such as shopping malls and schools, travel distance, transportation mode, and temporal perspectives of library access. The results from the interviews corroborate the findings from secondary analysis using household travel data. However, interviewees do not have a clear picture of how much their users travel and spend to access their libraries. This is true, even though these factors are critical to analyze physical accessibility. Based on the findings, this study makes recommendations to improve the accessibility of public libraries. Suggestions include the concept of sponsorships with other facilities, the placing of material drop-boxes on the main route, and providing library programs during lunch time.

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본 연구는 어린이 도서관 서비스 제공자인 사서와 어린이 이용자의 전자책 인식 및 이용을 살펴보고 서비스 개선 방안을 제시하였다. 이를 위해 5개 어린이 도서관에 근무하는 사서 55명을 대상으로 전자책에 대한 인식과 이용, 서비스 현황, 개선 사항을 파악하였다. 또한 동일한 도서관의 어린이 이용자 30명을 선정하여 전자책에 대한 인식과 이용행태를 조사하였다. 두 집단의 전자책에 대한 인식과 이용행태를 비교 분석하였으며, 어린이 도서관의 전자책 서비스 개선 방안으로 전자책 콘텐츠와 공간 및 시설의 충분한 제공, 이용자 교육 프로그램 개발과 적극적인 전자책 서비스 홍보, 전자책 담당 사서의 전문성을 개발할 수 있는 프로그램 제공의 필요성을 제시하였다.

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to investigate the perception and use of e-books by librarians and children and to suggest important elements to improve e-book services at the children's libraries. User survey questionaries and interviews from fifty five librarians and thirty children were carried for the perceptions and the use of e-books at five children's libraries. Based upon the data analysis from two groups, three important elements for improving e-book services of the libraries were suggested as follows: providing enough e-book contents, facilities and spaces, developing e-book user education programs with proactive pubic relations, and providing professional continuing education programs regarding e-books to librarians.