The space of public libraries has been changed in the direction of supporting user satisfaction and various activities, focusing on the role of data preservation and education. However, unlike before, the use of space is not suitable to accommodate va...
The space of public libraries has been changed in the direction of supporting user satisfaction and various activities, focusing on the role of data preservation and education. However, unlike before, the use of space is not suitable to accommodate various needs, such as the disappearance or reduction of existing space to provide services and programs. In particular, a method of calculating the size according to the number of people within a certain range or calculating the size by referring to the average size of other nearby libraries was proposed. In this study, factors influencing the number of users were derived through the analysis of previous studies. The factors derived from previous studies are limited to the physical factors necessary to calculate the size at the pre-planning stage, so the influencing factors were supplemented and added to four categories: education, culture, commerce, and transportation facilities. As of 2019, statistical data from 33 public libraries in Busan were analyzed to collect data within 0-1km walking distance, and hierarchies were classified according to the number of visitors by region to derive influencing factors that affect visitors regardless of size. The analysis method was conducted in two ways through impact analysis and regression analysis according to the visitors award/middle/lower hierarchy. As a result of the study, factors influencing high school libraries such as the number of high school students, parks, and movie theaters were derived. Through the results of these studies, it is expected that a hypothesis can be established based on the physical factors of the Busan Library and used to establish a calculation formula for calculating the size of the public library in the future.