정보취약계층을 위한 도서관 서비스 활성화 방안에 관한 연구
이 연구에서는 우리나라 공공 도서관에서 적극적으로 수용해야할 정보취약계층에 대한 정보서비스 확산을 위해 필요한 개념과 기본적인 정보서비스 전략을 제안하였다. 공공도서관은 정보취약계층을 크게 장애인과 생활보호대상자, 노인 등으로 구분하여 각 계층의 특성을 고려한 정보서비스를 제공하여야 한다. 이들을 위...
A Study on the Information Needs and Behavior of Visually Handicapped
Many visually handicapped people face difficulties with using libraries. Public libraries are thus required to meet the need of visually handicapped people. Public libraries should guarantee the visually handicapped the right to use appropriate services. If so, the visually handicapped can improve their life quality by decreasing information gap and increasing information comprehension or accessibility. This study is designed to analyze how visually handicapped people can use public libraries. Based on the analysis, this study can provide actual suggestions to improve opportunities for the visually handicapped to use libraries. Data are collected from visually handicapped people who are the members of Suseong Public Library, Daegu, Korea. In specific, this study can analyze various characteristics(i.e., information needs, selection and use behavior of information sources, difficulties and gaps to access information, use behavior and service satisfaction of public library) regarding their library use by telephone interviews.
Trends and Issues.
Nonstandard work arrangements (NSWAs) are those other than full-time, permanent positions (e.g., seasonal, part-time, on-call, temporary agency work) and those that involve individuals whose services are acquired via a contractual arrangement with another organization. Recent interest in NSWAs derives from several sources, including the Contingent Work Supplements to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Surveys, which were conducted between 1995 and 2001 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Attention to alternative work arrangements has also been brought by worker rights and legal communities. Moreover, NSWAs are also important in the context of family-friendly workplace policies. Although increasing awareness of these types of working arrangements exists because of the growing body of literature on private sector employers, relatively little is known about this phenomenon in the public sector. This study examines current sources of data on contingent work arrangements and NSWAs in public sector workplaces.