Survey on the Use of Children’s Libraries, 2005
https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2005-0073-V1.0
Principal Investigator(s)
Kwak, Chul-Wan / Department of Library & Information science, Kangnam University
Abstract
With the recent increase in social interest, the number of children’s libraries has drastically increased. Since the main users of children’s libraries are children and their parents the spatial structure and facilities should be differently organized in comparison to average libraries. In this respect, the need for a study arises on how to organize the space of children’s libraries in order to more efficiently utilize and manage the library. The「Study on the Spatial Planning for Children’s Libraries」was conducted to investigate the elements influencing the use and management of children’s libraries and for this purpose three user surveys were simultaneously conducted including behavior mapping, tracking studies, and an opinion poll.
The「Survey on the Use of Children’s Libraries」was conducted to gather feedback on the state of utilization and opinion on the library space by the users of children’s libraries. The questionnaire of this survey is composed of manner of using library, evaluation of the ease of use, and evaluation of the spatial structure of the library. The questions on the manner of using libraries include, day of the week visited, hours of use, transportation used in getting to library, and time it takes to get to library. Questions on the evaluation of the ease of use includes ease of conducting book search, features to induce interest, features for safety and child protection, and emotional safety. Questions on evaluation of spatial structure of library include size, location, internal mobility, level of noise, level of interior decoration, and whether space for guardians exist.
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Citation
- ID Number
- A1-2005-0073
- Title(KOR)
- 어린이 도서관 이용에 대한 조사, 2005
- Title
- Survey on the Use of Children’s Libraries, 2005
- Project Title(KOR)
- Study on the Spatial Planning for Children’s Libraries
- Principal Investigator(s)
- Kwak, Chul-Wan / Department of Library & Information science, Kangnam University
- Co-Investigator(s)
- Lee, Jung-mi / Hanyang University
- Fundings
- Korea Research Foundation
- Depositor(s)
- Kwak, Chul-Wan / Department of Library & Information science, Kangnam University
- Date of Deposit
- 2009-06-24
- Distributor(s)
- Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA)
- Date of Version
- 2009-07-16
- Date of Distribution
- 2009-07-16
- Citation
- Kwak, Chul-Wan. Survey on the Use of Children’s Libraries, 2005 [Dataset]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2009-07-16, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2005-0073-V1.0.
Methodology
- Date of Collection
- 2005-06-26 ~ 2005-07-16
- Countries
- Korea
- Geographic Coverage
- Seoul, Busan, Pyeongtaek, and Paju
- Time Method
- one time cross-sectional study
- Unit of Analysis
- individual
- Universe
- children’s library visitors accompanied with children
- Data Type
- Survey data
- Mode of Data Collection
- self-administered
- Sampling Procedure
- all visitors to 4 children’s libraries in Seoul, Busan, Pyeongtaek, and Paju during the survey period
- Number of Cases
- 236 (valid)
Dataset Contents & Version
- Extent of Collection
- Questionnaire(pdf) ; Codebook(pdf) ; Data(sav)
- Language
- Questionnaire-Korean ; Codebook-Korean ; Data-Korean
- Version
- V1.0
- Date of Version
- 2009-07-16
- Date of Distribution
- 2009-07-16
Access
- Availability Status
- Member Access
| File Type | File Name | File Description | File Format | File Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related Documents-Questionnaire(Korean) | kor_que_20050073.pdf | 설문지 (한글) | 204.35 kB | Download | |
| Related Documents-Codebook(Korean) | kor_codebook_20050073.pdf | 코드북 (한글) | 759.8 kB | Download |
Documents
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If the data were released before May 11, 2017, it was measured since May 11, 2017.
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