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A Study on the Librarians' Perception of Public Library about the Response to the COVID-19

코로나19 대응조치에 관한 공공도서관 사서인식 조사연구

  • 노영희 (건국대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 장로사 (숭의여자대학교 문헌정보과)
  • Received : 2020.08.23
  • Accepted : 2020.09.21
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic being prolonged, the society is being converted into an untact society, thereby affecting the service methodology of domestic and foreign library systems. This study thus surveyed the librarians' awareness of COVID-19 response measures of public libraries, and proposed public libraries' response measures in situations where the novel infectious disease is spreading and prolonging. Specifically, the proposed measures include, first, preparing national-centered library countermeasures to jointly respond to the epidemic disease, second, strengthening various untact and online services of various public libraries through government-level budget support, third, a thorough prevention of epidemics and preemptive response from the viewpoint of employees and users, and fourth, the expansion of library services aimed at resolving the digital cultural divide among classes of people, including information unfairness.

코로나19 대유행이 장기화됨에 따라 비대면 사회로 전환되고 있으며, 이는 국내외 도서관계의 서비스 방법론에도 영향을 미치고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 공공도서관의 코로나19 대응조치에 관한 사서인식을 조사하였으며, 분석된 결과를 토대로 신종 감염병이 확산 및 장기화되고 있는 상황에서의 공공도서관의 대응방안을 제안하였다. 구체적으로 살펴보면, 첫째, 유행성 질병에 대해 공동으로 대응하는 국가 중심의 도서관 대책 마련, 둘째, 정부 차원의 예산 지원을 통한 다양하고 체계적인 공공도서관 비대면 및 온라인서비스 강화, 셋째, 직원 및 이용자 측면에서의 철저한 방역 및 선제적 대응, 넷째, 정보불평등 계층의 디지털 문화 격차를 해소하기 위한 도서관서비스 확대를 제안하였다.

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