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A Study on the Factors Influencing the Choice of Library and Information Science as a Major among College Students

국내 전문대학교 문헌정보과에 진학하는 학생들의 전공 선택요인에 관한 연구

  • 장로사 (숭의여자대학교 문헌정보과)
  • Received : 2021.11.11
  • Accepted : 2021.12.18
  • Published : 2021.12.30

Abstract

This study statistically examined the factors (individual factors, family factors, high school factors, college factors, and social factors) that affect the choice of the major by surveying with students who have entered the library and information science departments of colleges in Korea. The results were as follows. First, it was confirmed that individual factors and social factors had significant effects on the choice of the library and information science major in college. Second, it was found that individual factors had a greater influence on the choice of the library and information science major than social factors do. Third, individual factors had significant positive(+) effects on the choice of the library and information science major at colleges, whereas it was verified that social factors had significant negative(-) effects on the choice of the library and information science major at colleges. The findings of this study can be used as useful basic data for library and information science departments of colleges in Korea to prepare for a decrease in the number of college entrants in the coming years.

본 연구는 국내 전문대학교 문헌정보과에 진학한 학생들을 대상으로 하여 설문조사를 실시함으로써 전공 선택에 영향을 미치는 요인(개인 요인, 가정 요인, 고등학교 요인, 대학교 요인, 사회 요인)을 통계적으로 검증하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 개인 요인과 사회 요인이 전문대학교 문헌정보과 전공 선택에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 사회 요인보다 개인 요인이 전문대학교 문헌정보과 전공 선택에 더 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 개인 요인은 전문대학교 문헌정보과 전공 선택에 유의미한 정적(+)인 영향을 주는 반면에 사회 요인은 전문대학교 문헌정보과 전공 선택에 유의미한 부적(-)인 영향을 주는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 국내 전문대학교 문헌정보과들이 대학입학자원의 감소에 대비하기 위한 유용한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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