독서지원서비스(readers' advisory)는 공공 도서관에서 점차 중요성이 증가하고 있는 중요한 서비스 영역이다. 이 연구에서는 공공도서관이 홈페이지에서 온라인상으로 운영하고 있는 독서지원서비스의 현황을 분석하여 주요 유형을 파악하고자 하였다. 독서지원서비스가 활성화되어 있는 미국 각 지역에 있는 공공도서관 200개의 홈페이지를 분석한 결과 9개의 독서지원 서비스 영역이 도출되었으며 미국 공공도서관이 이용자와 다양한 방식으로 소통하며 이용자 중심적인 서비스를 개발하여 운영하고 있는 현황을 파악할 수 있다. 이러한 현상은 국내 공공도서관에서도 주목해야만 할 동향이며 이 연구에서 분석된 독서지원 서비스 9개의 영역은 향후 국내 공공도서관 독서지원서비스 개발에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.
Readers' advisory service has become more important for public libraries as one of the critical service areas in terms of supporting libraries patrons' reading. This study aims to discover major types of readers' advisory services provided through public libraries' web sites. Contents of 200 public libraries' home pages in U. S. were analyzed and nine areas were identified as the major readers' advisory areas. This study also proves that American public libraries are diversly communicating with their patrons and providing user-oriented advisory services. The identified key factors of readers' advisory services will help for Korean public libraries to develope their own services.
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