이 연구의 목적은 미국의 국립예술지원기금이 지원하는 지역사회 독서운동인 The Big Read(TBR)의 특성을 살펴보는 것이다. TBR은 미국 국민의 문학 독서율의 하락에 대한 대책으로서 2006년 시범사업을 시작한 이후 2009년까지 오백여 지역사회가 참여하도록 성장하였다. TBR의 주요한 특성은 다음을 포함한다. 첫째, 연방정부 기금 및 다양한 재단, 기관, 개인 등의 기부금으로 확보한 막대한 재정의 투입, 둘째, 도서관을 독서운동을 위한 핵심 기관으로 인정, 셋째, ‘One Book, One Community’ 지역사회 독서운동 모형의 활용, 넷째, 고급의 표준적 독서 활동 자원의 제공.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of ‘The Big Read(TBR)' reading initiatives sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) in the U.S.A. TBR was originally launched to improve the seriously low level of literary reading among the American adults reported in several NEA reports, and spread to more than 500 communities. The major characteristics of TBR include the following: First, a massive investment of federal funds as well as various private and corporate donations; Second, the strong recognition of libraries as the core of reading activities in communities; Third, the adoption of the model of ‘One Book, One Community' reading promotion campaign; Fourth, the provision of high quality resources for reading activities.
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