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The Roles of Public Libraries for the Formation of Digital Capital

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, (P)1225-598X; (E)2982-6292
2021, v.55 no.1, pp.521-540
https://doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2021.55.1.521

Abstract

This research categorizes the factors of digital capital accumulated both in personal and social level into digital access and digital competence, and empirically analyzes how the use of public libraries effects on the formation of digital capital. As a result, it was found that participation in public library programs, the use of information services, and the utilization of digital collections had positive effect on the formation and accumulation of digital capital at the personal and social level. In contrast, it was analyzed that the use of digital collections in public libraries did not significantly affect the creation of digital contents or reciprocal collaboration based on online networks. Therefore, in order for public libraries to fully support the formation of digital capital, they should not only provide knowledge and information which is a traditional role of public libraries, but also play a role as a digital-based cooperative system.

keywords
Societal Capital, Public Library, Digital Capital, Digital Access, Digital Competence, 사회적 자본, 공공도서관, 디지털 자본, 디지털 접근, 디지털 역량

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science