In a knowledge-information based society, public libraries are one of the most important factors to evaluate a cultural level of each country and to operate a local community successfully and they are continuously expanding their roles and functions. That is, public libraries must play a role as an ...
In a knowledge-information based society, public libraries are one of the most important factors to evaluate a cultural level of each country and to operate a local community successfully and they are continuously expanding their roles and functions. That is, public libraries must play a role as an educational, cultural and social welfare organization to help local residents develop and improve their knowledge, with the main goal of increasing the public's information usage, cultural activities and lifelong education. To this end, above all, pubic libraries must be operated effectively. Unfortunately, however, public libraries in Korea have difficulty in effective operation due to many problems including insufficient execution of policy to employ a librarian director, change in library name and multi-operation of libraries. Therefore, this study aims to analyze these challenges and suggest the best methods for operating public libraries effectively and systematically. For this study, academic books and previous research papers were mainly consulted and a survey was conducted to find out the field situation. Study results deal with various problems related to execution of employing a librarian director, change in pubic library name and unified operation of libraries. The study results can be summarized as follows: Firstly, since the policy to employ a librarian director is not effectively executed, it is necessary to employ a specialized librarian director with rich knowledge and experience, meeting requirements of knowledge-information based society. Accordingly, if this policy maintains, public librarians without librarian directors will gradually employ an appropriate librarian director. However, due to inevitable administration situation in the field, suitable efforts must be made for non-librarian directors. That is, non-librarian directors must be eligible for maintaining their duties if they obtain a librarian certificate. Secondly, change in public library name must be considered. Public libraries improve local residents' information usage, cultural activities and lifelong education, playing as a pivotal role in increasing reading around the nation. In particular, public libraries put higher priority on mental and cultural values than financial value. Public libraries have been established and operated in accordance with Library Act, and some functions stipulated in Lifelong Learning Act have been performed. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the name of pubic libraries even if lifelong learning is added. That is why public libraries must maintain their roles and functions so that local residents can have an equal opportunity to access rich information and enjoy various cultures in a rapidly changing 21st knowledge-information based society. Thirdly, policy of public library must be established and operated in a unified method. The central department is necessary to operate a public library effectively and systematically, improve specialization and establish an overall development policy in the long view. Therefore, the Korean Government must unify many operators of library in order to execute policy and operation of library more effectively.
In a knowledge-information based society, public libraries are one of the most important factors to evaluate a cultural level of each country and to operate a local community successfully and they are continuously expanding their roles and functions. That is, public libraries must play a role as an educational, cultural and social welfare organization to help local residents develop and improve their knowledge, with the main goal of increasing the public's information usage, cultural activities and lifelong education. To this end, above all, pubic libraries must be operated effectively. Unfortunately, however, public libraries in Korea have difficulty in effective operation due to many problems including insufficient execution of policy to employ a librarian director, change in library name and multi-operation of libraries. Therefore, this study aims to analyze these challenges and suggest the best methods for operating public libraries effectively and systematically. For this study, academic books and previous research papers were mainly consulted and a survey was conducted to find out the field situation. Study results deal with various problems related to execution of employing a librarian director, change in pubic library name and unified operation of libraries. The study results can be summarized as follows: Firstly, since the policy to employ a librarian director is not effectively executed, it is necessary to employ a specialized librarian director with rich knowledge and experience, meeting requirements of knowledge-information based society. Accordingly, if this policy maintains, public librarians without librarian directors will gradually employ an appropriate librarian director. However, due to inevitable administration situation in the field, suitable efforts must be made for non-librarian directors. That is, non-librarian directors must be eligible for maintaining their duties if they obtain a librarian certificate. Secondly, change in public library name must be considered. Public libraries improve local residents' information usage, cultural activities and lifelong education, playing as a pivotal role in increasing reading around the nation. In particular, public libraries put higher priority on mental and cultural values than financial value. Public libraries have been established and operated in accordance with Library Act, and some functions stipulated in Lifelong Learning Act have been performed. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the name of pubic libraries even if lifelong learning is added. That is why public libraries must maintain their roles and functions so that local residents can have an equal opportunity to access rich information and enjoy various cultures in a rapidly changing 21st knowledge-information based society. Thirdly, policy of public library must be established and operated in a unified method. The central department is necessary to operate a public library effectively and systematically, improve specialization and establish an overall development policy in the long view. Therefore, the Korean Government must unify many operators of library in order to execute policy and operation of library more effectively.
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