International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology

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Research on the Development of Economic Value Evaluation Indices for Public Libraries

  • Noh, Younghee (Department of Library and Information Science, Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2017.08.14
  • Accepted : 2017.09.04
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop an evaluation index for evaluating the economic value of libraries. To this end, a preliminary evaluation index was derived from analyzing a total of approximately 60 domestic and foreign papers that examined the value of libraries. Based on the derived preliminary evaluation index, 11 experts were selected and the final evaluation index was developed by conducting the Delphi survey for 3 times. The final evaluation index consists of four evaluation areas, such as the economic value of the public library, economic revitalization, manpower development and job creation, and the improved investment value, seven evaluation items, and 22 evaluation indices. In the future, it will be necessary to conduct research to measure the economic value of public libraries.

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