An evaluation of the library's educational value based on the perception of public library users and librarians in Korea

Younghee Noh; Sang-Yup Lee

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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to develop an evaluation index. For this, questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the educational value of the library. This study encourages librarians and users to gain confidence in the educational benefits of the library and enables the students and general users to capture and appreciate the educational presence of the library, thereby contributing to the increase of activity in libraries. Design/methodology/approach - To develop an evaluation index for assessing the educational value of the library, domestic and foreign papers were collectively gathered and analyzed to develop a preliminary evaluation index. Next, ten experts were selected and the three-step Delphi method was used to develop a final evaluation index. Questionnaires were developed based on the final evaluation index, and librarians and users of 100 public libraries were asked to assess educational values of their respective libraries. In Korea, there are 978 public libraries (as of 2015), and in this study, 10% of the public libraries were selected. To select the libraries, every tenth library was chosen from the data of the national library statistics system. Findings - By presenting the educational value of the library, this study encourages libraries to improve their services and increases library usage. The educational value has been divided into five evaluation areas of literacy improvement; learning and educational support; research support and information resources provision; improvement of the quality of educational environment and education; and strengthening of competency. The strengthening of competency evaluation areas were the highest at 3.87, and those of research support and the information resources provision were the lowest at 3.63. Statistical analysis comparing responses by social status, gender, age and number of visits revealed that the majority (23 of 39) of significant differences found occurred between librarians and users. Practical implications - The evaluation indicator developed in this research is expected to be a basic tool that can be applied to public libraries as well as other types of libraries. In addition, the evaluation indicator developed in this research can be applied to nonprofit organizations and this research is expected to have an educational impact as a study that evaluates and presents the educational values of libraries. In addition, because the research was conducted in a personal context, the questionnaire survey was administered in 100 libraries with limitations among the public libraries nationwide. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the educational value of libraries of other kinds such as university libraries, school libraries and specialized libraries, using the indicator developed in this research. Social implications - The biggest feat the present study achieved is the development of the evaluating indicator of the educational value of libraries. As examined in previous researches, the studies on the value of libraries are partly being executed but such studies tend to be mostly ones about such an institute's economic merits. However, a library is not evaluated only by its financial significance but by its cultural, social and educational prominence. The present research can be extremely meaningful in that within it, the authors endeavor to estimate a library's educational value, considering the countless papers mentioning the value of similar establishments within and outside Korea, and based on such data produce an indicator to evaluate the educational value of such institutes. Also, in the present research, it is noteworthy that the developed indicator is verified while at the same time the authors apply it in real life to estimate the educational value of such a hub for books. For such an application, the authors conducted a survey on 100 Korean public libraries, amounting to 10% of all the libraries in Korea, and the research is meaningful in that it even compared and analyzed the common notions of the librarians and users. Finally, the educational value of libraries is proven through such a process. It can be seen that the users evaluate that a library contributes to the improvement of literacy on the part of the user, and by supporting studies, education, research and academic activities adds to the user's reading ability, character and creativity. To recount the specifics, it can be seen that they think that such an establishment heightens reading ability and results, contributes to continuing education and improves emotional stability. Such a research result is seen to be of particular use for the executive team of a library while they secure the budget or plan services to better user satisfaction with the value judgment of libraries at its basis. Originality/value - There is very little research conducted on the educational influence or value of the library, although they are referred to in part when overall value of the l

机译：目的 - 本研究的目的是制定评估指标。为此，进行了问卷调查，以评估图书馆的教育价值。这项研究鼓励图书馆员和用户在图书馆的教育福利中获得信心，使学生和一般用户能够捕捉并欣赏图书馆的教育面临，从而有助于图书馆的活动增加。设计/方法/方法 - 制定评估图书馆教育价值的评估指标，国内外报纸集体收集和分析，以制定初步评价指标。接下来，选择了十个专家，三步Delphi方法用于开发最终的评估指标。问卷是根据最终评估指数制定的，并要求100个公共图书馆的图书馆员和用户评估各自图书馆的教育价值。在韩国，有978个公共图书馆（截至2015年），在这项研究中，占地10％的公共图书馆。要选择图书馆，从国家图书馆统计系统的数据中选择了每十个库。调查结果 - 通过提出图书馆的教育价值，这项研究鼓励图书馆改善其服务并提高图书馆使用量。教育价值已分为识字改进的五个评估领域;学习和教育支持;研究支持和信息资源规定;提高教育环境与教育的质量;并加强能力。能力评估领域的加强是3.87的最高，研究支持和信息资源提供的是3.63的最低规定。统计分析通过社会地位，性别，年龄和访问次数进行比较，揭示了在图书馆员和用户之间发现的大多数（39个中的33个）发生的显着差异。实际意义 - 该研究中开发的评估指标预计将成为一种基本工具，可以应用于公共图书馆以及其他类型的图书馆。此外，本研究中开发的评估指标可用于非营利组织，预计该研究将作为评估和呈现图书馆教育价值的研究具有教育影响。此外，由于该研究在个人背景下进行，所以调查问卷调查是在100个在全国公共图书馆中的限制的100个图书馆管理。因此，有必要使用本研究中开发的指标评估其他种类图书馆的教育价值，例如大学图书馆，学校图书馆和专业图书馆。社会影响 - 实现目前研究的最大壮举是制定图书馆教育价值的评估指标。如前所述的研究中，部分正在执行关于图书馆价值的研究，但这些研究往往是关于这种研究所的经济价值的主要原因。然而，图书馆才通过其财务意义来评估，而是通过其文化，社会和教育突出。本研究在其中，提交人致力于估计图书馆的教育价值，考虑到韩国内外类似机构的价值，并根据此类数据制作一个评估教育价值的指标这样的研究所。此外，在本研究中，值得注意的是，发达的指标是验证的，同时作者在现实生活中应用它以估计这类集线器的教育价值。对于此类申请，作者对100名韩国公共图书馆进行了调查，占韩国所有图书馆的10％，并且甚至相比，该研究甚至比较并分析了图书馆员和用户的共同概念。最后，通过这种过程证明了图书馆的教育价值。可以看出，用户评估图书馆对用户的识字性有助于提高识字，并通过支持研究，教育，研究和学术活动增加了用户的阅读能力，性格和创造力。为了重述细节，可以看出，他们认为这样的建立加剧读取能力和结果，有助于继续教育，提高情绪稳定。这种研究结果被认为是对图书馆的执行团队特别用途，同时他们确保预算或计划服务以更好地满足图书馆的价值判断。原创性/价值 - 在图书馆的教育影响或价值上进行了很少的研究，尽管它们在一部分L的情况下被提及

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