The economic value of library services for children: The case of the Czech public libraries

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25410%2F19%3A39915563" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25410/19:39915563 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00110482

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0740818819300428?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0740818819300428?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2019.100963" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.lisr.2019.100963</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The economic value of library services for children: The case of the Czech public libraries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Public support of library services must be targeted towards children because these services play a key role in their development. However, no prior research has investigated the value of public library services for children. Specifically, earlier studies evaluated the value of public libraries as a whole, without considering library services for different stakeholders. The fact that children are not autonomous economic agents is another problem to address. These barriers can be overcome by using the contingent valuation method with parents/caregivers as the subjects queried and children used as the objects in this study. Thus, the economic value of library services for children can be obtained to support managerial decisions on services specifically designed for children. More precisely, this study is unique in that it develops a contingent valuation methodology for estimating the value of children&apos;s library services based on adults&apos; willingness to allocate a proportion of municipal budgets. Both users and non-users were surveyed to verify the proposed methodology empirically. The results show that the perceived effectiveness (ratio between perceived benefits and costs) of children&apos;s library services is 11.2 (11.2 units of benefits for each unit invested) in Czech public libraries compared with 4.3 for a library as a whole. This finding confirms the essential role of children&apos;s library services, implying that public libraries should offer a broader selection of children&apos;s books and other services. The study also shows that the value of children&apos;s library services depends on the age, education and economic structure of the adults queried. In addition, their satisfaction with library services is another important determinant, indicating that public libraries can influence the perceived benefits of children&apos;s library services.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The economic value of library services for children: The case of the Czech public libraries

Popis výsledku anglicky

Public support of library services must be targeted towards children because these services play a key role in their development. However, no prior research has investigated the value of public library services for children. Specifically, earlier studies evaluated the value of public libraries as a whole, without considering library services for different stakeholders. The fact that children are not autonomous economic agents is another problem to address. These barriers can be overcome by using the contingent valuation method with parents/caregivers as the subjects queried and children used as the objects in this study. Thus, the economic value of library services for children can be obtained to support managerial decisions on services specifically designed for children. More precisely, this study is unique in that it develops a contingent valuation methodology for estimating the value of children&apos;s library services based on adults&apos; willingness to allocate a proportion of municipal budgets. Both users and non-users were surveyed to verify the proposed methodology empirically. The results show that the perceived effectiveness (ratio between perceived benefits and costs) of children&apos;s library services is 11.2 (11.2 units of benefits for each unit invested) in Czech public libraries compared with 4.3 for a library as a whole. This finding confirms the essential role of children&apos;s library services, implying that public libraries should offer a broader selection of children&apos;s books and other services. The study also shows that the value of children&apos;s library services depends on the age, education and economic structure of the adults queried. In addition, their satisfaction with library services is another important determinant, indicating that public libraries can influence the perceived benefits of children&apos;s library services.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50804 - Library science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Library &amp; Information Science Research

ISSN

0740-8188

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

41

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

100963

Kód UT WoS článku

000478712000004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85068545443