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The Roles of Public Libraries for the Formation of Digital Capital

디지털 자본의 형성을 위한 공공도서관의 역할

  • 이승민 (중앙대학교 사회과학대학 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2021.01.16
  • Accepted : 2021.02.03
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

This research categorizes the factors of digital capital accumulated both in personal and social level into digital access and digital competence, and empirically analyzes how the use of public libraries effects on the formation of digital capital. As a result, it was found that participation in public library programs, the use of information services, and the utilization of digital collections had positive effect on the formation and accumulation of digital capital at the personal and social level. In contrast, it was analyzed that the use of digital collections in public libraries did not significantly affect the creation of digital contents or reciprocal collaboration based on online networks. Therefore, in order for public libraries to fully support the formation of digital capital, they should not only provide knowledge and information which is a traditional role of public libraries, but also play a role as a digital-based cooperative system.

본 연구는 개인적, 사회적으로 축적되는 디지털 자본의 형성 요인을 디지털 접근과 디지털 역량으로 구분하고, 디지털 자본의 형성에 공공도서관의 이용이 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 공공도서관의 프로그램 참여와 정보서비스의 이용, 디지털 장서의 이용은 개인적, 사회적 차원에서의 디지털 자본 형성과 축적에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 공공도서관의 디지털 장서 이용은 디지털 콘텐츠의 생성이나 온라인 네트워크 기반의 협업에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 공공도서관이 사회적 자본으로서의 디지털 자본 형성을 지원하기 위해서는 전통적인 지식정보의 제공 역할뿐만 아니라 디지털 기반 협력체계로서의 역할 또한 수행해야 한다.

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