The purpose of this paper is to present the methodological issues around developing a quantitative research instrument of the social impact of Polish public libraries. The results of the use of this instrument to survey users of Mazovian Province, Poland, are summarized as an example of its use.,The research focused on informational, educational and participatory aspects of social impact on the sidelines leaving cultural heritage issues. “Impact” and “social impact” were defined according to ISO 16439:2014. Information and documentation – methods and procedures for assessing the impact of libraries. The research instrument included questions both about the activities taken in libraries by its users and the benefits they gained. The questionnaire also contained questions which allowed to control the variables such as frequency of using libraries, socioeconomic factors and cultural practices. To describe dependencies, various statistical tests were applied. The study was conducted on the group of 1,098 users of 38 public libraries between February and June 2017.,Younger and people from smaller towns felt more benefits from using libraries. There are significant differences between types of benefits people of various age, financial status and household size experienced. People who went to libraries and other cultural institutions often experienced more benefits. The more a person performs activities in libraries, the more benefits he or she has. Some added value of particular activities is also visible.,Despite the efforts and the size of the sample, it is not representative of the population of library users in the Mazovian Province (mainly due to the data collection method – auditory survey).,Studying the social impact of the libraries in Poland is still at its beginning. The presented research is, therefore, exploratory in terms of cognitive and methodological value.

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波兰公共图书馆的社会影响

本文的目的是提出围绕开发波兰公共图书馆的社会影响的定量研究工具的方法论问题。作为对该工具使用的一个例子，总结了使用该工具对波兰的马佐维亚省用户进行调查的结果。该研究的重点是社会，文化遗留问题对社会影响的信息，教育和参与方面。“影响”和“社会影响”是根据ISO 16439：2014定义的。信息和文献资料–评估图书馆影响的方法和程序。该研究工具包括有关用户在图书馆进行的活动及其所获得收益的问题。问卷还包含一些问题，这些问题可以控制变量，例如使用图书馆的频率，社会经济因素和文化习俗。为了描述依赖性，应用了各种统计检验。该研究于2017年2月至6月期间对38个公共图书馆的1,098名用户进行了研究。年轻人和小城镇居民从使用图书馆中受益更多。不同年龄，财务状况和所经历的家庭规模的人的福利类型之间存在显着差异。到图书馆和其他文化机构去的人通常会受益更多。一个人在图书馆从事活动的次数越多，他或她获得的利益就越大。特定活动的一些附加值也是可见的。尽管样本的努力和规模很大，它不能代表Mazovian省的图书馆用户总数（主要是由于数据收集方法–听觉调查）。研究波兰图书馆的社会影响仍处于起步阶段。因此，提出的研究在认知和方法论价值方面是探索性的。