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A Study on the Changes of Librarians Perception in the Importance of Library Policy Before and After Pandemic: Focused on N City Public Libraries

팬데믹을 경험한 사서들의 도서관 운영정책 중요도에 대한 인식변화 연구: N시 공공도서관을 중심으로

  • 박은경 (한성대학교 문헌정보학과 대학원) ;
  • 심자영 (한성대학교 문헌정보학과 대학원) ;
  • 서은경 (한성대학교 크리에이티브인문학부)
  • Received : 2022.05.20
  • Accepted : 2022.06.10
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Social changes characterized by new normal also demand changes in libraries and libraries are making preemptive efforts. This study compared and analyzed the difference in librarian perceptions between the start of COVID-19 in 2020 and after experiencing the pandemic in 2022 in terms of the relative importance of library policies considered by pairwise comparative analysis. In the 1st survey, the importance of factors related to 'Library Management' and 'Library Services' was high and in the 2nd survey, the importance of factors related to 'Human Resources' and 'Information Resources' increased. This study insists that the public libraries invest in human resources and information resources and establish a user-customized policy in order to quickly adapt to the new paradigm and to provide sustainable library services.

뉴노멀 시대로 특징지어지는 현대사회가 COVID-19 팬데믹을 겪으면서 도서관에 많은 변화를 요구하였고, 도서관계는 이에 대하여 선제적으로 그리고 다각적으로 대응하였다. 본 연구는 팬데믹과 같은 새로운 환경이 사서들이 인식하는 도서관 운영정책 우선순위를 변화시킬 것이라고 보고, 2020년 팬데믹이 시작되는 시점과 2022년 팬데믹이 정점을 지난 시점에서 도서관 운영정책 중요도를 쌍대비교 분석을 통하여 파악하였고 그 차이를 비교·분석하였다. 1차 조사에서는 도서관경영, 도서관 서비스 관련 운영정책 영역을 중요하게 여겼다면, 2차 조사에서는 인적자원과 정보자원에 관련된 운영정책 영역을 보다 중요하게 인지하고 있었다. 또한, 전체 영역 상위 5위에 인적자원과 관련된 3개의 세부 운영영역과 자료구입 예산, 이용자만족도 기반의 정책이 포함되었다. 따라서 공공도서관은 새로운 패러다임에 빠르게 적응하면서도 지속가능한 도서관 서비스를 제공하기 위해서는 지속적인 인적자원에 대한 투자, 충분하고도 다양한 형태의 정보자원 구축, 그리고 이용자 맞춤 정책 수립 등을 우선적으로 수행해야 할 것이다.

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본 연구는 한성대학교 교내학술연구비 지원 과제임.

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