초록

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the demand of parents and teachers for a children's library and analyze the need in consideration of their age and children's library-using frequency. The subjects in this study were 1,500 parents and teachers in the region of Gwangju, on whom a survey was implemented to find out the necessity of a children's library, what should be considered in terms of design and program development and what forms of materials should be provided. As a result of checking their needs for the functions of a library, the parents and teachers investigated attached importance to culture, welfare and hands-on culture/art programs as what a library should focus on. Second, as for design, they gave top priority to comfortableness(sanitary facilities, ventilation, humidity and temperature) and safety(sofas, cushions and carpets for children). Third, as to program preference, both of the parents and teachers considered activity, performance and educational programs necessary among multiple kinds of ongoing programs. Specifically, performance programs ranked first among the parents and third among the teachers. Activity programs ranked first among the teachers and third among the parents. Fourth, concerning the importance of materials possessed by a library, they placed the most emphasis on the kind of materials that could foster creativity and instill the right personality.

초록

자녀에게 부모의 관심과 돌봄은 성장하는 과정에서 매우 중요한 요건이지만 부모도 양육이 매우 생소하고 어려운 일이다. 양육과정에서 부모는 양육과 관련된 끊임없는 정보요구가 발생하며 이를 해결하기 위하여 개인 수준에서 학부모 간 모임이나 관계를 통해 정보를 획득하고자 노력하는데 이 과정에서 갈등 및 스트레스를 받는 경우가 종종 발생한다. 이에 본 연구는 학부모 간 소셜네트워크의 특성을 탐색하고 이러한 소셜네트워크 특성이 정보공유의도 및 정보공유만족도에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 선행 연구를 조사하여 설문지를 개발하였으며 어린이집 한 곳을 선정하여 학부모를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고 수집된 설문데이터는 소셜네트워크분석(SNA: social network analysis) 방법을 활용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 소셜네트워크 특성과 정보공유의도, 정보공유만족도간 관계는 상관관계를 가지지만 학부모 소셜네트워크의 특성과 정보공유의도, 정보공유만족도의 영향관계는 성립되지 않았으며, 도움을 주고자 하는 것보다 받고자 하는 의도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이에 학부모들의 정보요구 충족을 위한 정책 지원 방안과 지역 공공도서관의 역할 재고의 필요성을 제시하였다.

Abstract

Parents’ interest and care are very important for their children in the process of growing up, but parenting is also very unfamiliar and difficult for themselves. Parents constantly need information related to parenting, and in order to solve this problem, they try to obtain information through informal meetings or social relationships among parents at an individual level, which often brings up conflicts and stresses. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of social networks among parents and to understand the influence of the network characteristics on information-sharing intention and information-sharing satisfaction. To this end, a survey questionnaire was developed based on previous studies and was administered among parents whose children are in a daycare center. Then, the data was analyzed using social network analysis (SNA) method. Findings indicate that the correlation among the social networks, the information -sharing intention, and the information-sharing satisfaction was significant, but the influence of the social networks on the information-sharing intention, and the information-sharing satisfaction was not established. It was also found that the intention to receive help was higher than the desire to help others. Policy suggestions to meet parents’ information needs and the need to reconsider the role of local public libraries were presented.