공공도서관의 진단적 평가와 대안모색 - 대구광역시를 중심으로 - = Diagnostic Evaluation and Alternative Plans of Public Libraries in Taegu Metropolitan City

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study is to evaluate the performance and suggest alternative plans of the public libraries in Taegu Metropolitan City. Regression analysis is used to fit a log-log equation to the total budget-output for all the public libraries. The results of the performance evaluation confirm that there is diseconomies of scale in library operations(${\Sigma}b_n$ 3,732). Therefore, all the public libraries should be improve productivity by restructuring of library identity, rational selection of physical sites and new branch library planning, userbased budget allocation and collection development, staffing and reengineering, optimalization of web site, and enforcement of service functions, etc.