2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical study of the impact of library holdings and lending on book market in Japan
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19K12704
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 90020:Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics-related
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 公共図書館 / 新刊書籍市場 / 古書市場 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research examines whether public library holdings is related to the book market in Japan and whether public library lendings is. The analysis showed a negative impact of the number of library holdings and lendings on the book market. However, the extent of the impact is not large. In the case of the dataset for paperbacks, when corrected for missing data, the number of book sales fell by -0.11% per a copy in holdings, and fell by -0.12% per lending. In case of the dataset for the general books, when corrected for missing data, the number of book sales fell by -0.10% per a copy in holdings, and fell -0.10% per lending. However, the true estimates need to be re-examined because the amount of correction for missing data is large.
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| Free Research Field |
図書館情報学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
2000年頃に始まった「無料貸本屋論争」以来ずっと、公共図書館が新刊書籍市場に及ぼすマイナスの影響について議論が交わされてきた。書籍市場全体の売上を用いた研究では図書館の影響を観察できなかったが、個別タイトルを用いた研究では影響が観察されることもあった。ただし、売上をどの程度低めるかについてはまだ合意がなかった。本研究によって、やはりマイナスの影響はあることが再確認され、同時に影響の程度は所蔵と貸出それぞれ一冊につき－1％以下で大きなものではないことが示された。新刊書籍市場と古書市場の関係の考察や、公共貸与権導入をめぐる議論にも参考にもなると考えられる。
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