Modeling the factors related to public library legitimacy: A comparison of library service and community socioeconomic characteristics
| dc.advisor | Michael Widdersheim | en_US |
| dc.college | slim | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Cusick, Cari Jean | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-15T17:47:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-15T17:47:16Z | |
| dc.date.created | March 24, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-02-15 | |
| dc.department | school of library and information management | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Legitimacy is a key concept within institutional theory, yet it has received little attention within Library and Information Science, particularly in the public library context. This quantitative research study proposes a definition of public library legitimacy, and utilizes structural equation modeling to analyze the relationship between library service variables, community socioeconomic characteristics, and the outcome of public library legitimacy. The population for this study is Kansas public libraries, and secondary data was procured from the 2018 Kansas Public Library Survey & Annual Report and U.S. Census data. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3643 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public libraries, legitimacy, structural equation modeling | en_US |
| dc.title | Modeling the factors related to public library legitimacy: A comparison of library service and community socioeconomic characteristics | en_US |