Abstract
The purpose of this study is to confirm that the user benefit criteria can be applied as the user benefit criteria of children's libraries by examining the theoretical validity of the user benefit criteria and furthermore, by clarifying and verifying the mutual relation between the user benefit criteria and the child development area. For such a purpose, this study collected data from 247 users of children's libraries in the country and collected data was analyzed using the structural equation modeling. The result of analysis is as follows. First, the relation between physical development and behavioral facilitation, emotional development and physiological maintenance, cognitive development and perceptual maintenance, and the development of social skills and social facilitation was appropriate. Second, usability, safety and diversity was valid as an index of behavioral facilitation, self-esteem, amenity and peacefulness was valid as an index of physiological maintenance, esthetic sense, dynamics and flexibility was valid as an index of perceptual maintenance, and leisure, communication and territoriality was valid as an index of social facilitation. Third, children who prefer physical development prefer the benefit of behavioral facilitation, children who prefer emotional development prefer the benefit of physiological maintenance, children who prefer cognitive development prefer the benefit of perceptual maintenance and children who prefer the development of social skills prefer the benefit of social facilitation.
이 연구의 목적은 이용자편익기준의 이론적 타당성을 확인하고, 이용자편익기준과 어린이발달영역과의 상호관계를 검증함으로써, 이용자편익기준이 어린이도서관의 이용자편익기준으로 적용될 수 있음을 확인하는 것이다. 이 목적을 위해 이 연구는 전국 어린이도서관 이용자 247명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 신체발달-행동의 용이성, 정서발달-생리적 유지성, 인지발달-지각적 유지성, 사회성발달-사회적 용이성의 대응관계는 적합하였다. 둘째, 편의성, 안전성, 다양성은 행동의 용이성, 자존감, 쾌적성, 편안함은 생리적 유지성, 심미감, 역동성, 융통성은 지각적 유지성, 휴식성, 소통성, 영역성은 사회적 용이성의 측정지표로 타당하였다. 셋째, 신체발달을 선호할수록 행동의 용이성을, 정서발달을 선호할수록 생리적 유지성을, 인지발달을 선호할수록 지각적 유지성을, 사회성 발달을 선호할수록 사회적 용이성을 선호하였다.