Public libraries are among key sites for the acquisition of cultural capital, and possibly one of the most potent means through which the state can address inequality. While digitalization of public libraries already attracted significant scholarly attention, the evidence of its contribution to the acquisition of cultural skills and knowledge and social mobility remains limited, as does the conceptual understanding of links between digitalization, cultural capital, and social stratification. This article draws on two disconnected bodies of research, the sociological analysis of cultural capital and stratification and research on digital divides. To bridge these two bodies of research, the interplay of cultural and digital capital in public libraries was investigated. The extensive dataset from the UK Taking Part Survey (2016–17) was analyzed using two-step cluster analysis and multinomial regression models to explore the contrasting profiles of contemporary library users. Results identify four distinct user groups: Traditional, Active, Family, and Tech Access, which possess different degrees of cultural and digital capital, have different demographic profiles, and benefit from digitalized libraries in different ways. If libraries are to fulfil their role in reducing social inequalities, it is important that they tailor their digital services to the specific characteristics of each user group. This approach also provides a useful template for exploring the interplay of digitalization and (in)equality in other cultural institutions.

公共图书馆是获取文化资本的重要场所之一，也可能是国家解决不平等问题的最有效手段之一。虽然公共图书馆的数字化已经引起了学术界的广泛关注，但其对文化技能和知识的获取以及社会流动的贡献的证据仍然有限，对数字化、文化资本和社会分层之间联系的概念理解也是如此。本文借鉴了两个相互关联的研究机构，即文化资本的社会学分析和数字鸿沟的分层和研究。为了弥合这两个研究机构，研究了公共图书馆中文化资本和数字资本的相互作用。使用两步聚类分析和多项回归模型分析了来自英国参与调查（2016-17）的广泛数据集，以探索当代图书馆用户的对比概况。结果确定了四个不同的用户群体：传统、活跃、家庭和技术访问，它们拥有不同程度的文化和数字资本，具有不同的人口特征，并以不同的方式从数字化图书馆中受益。如果图书馆要履行其在减少社会不平等方面的作用，那么根据每个用户群体的具体特征定制数字服务就很重要。这种方法还为探索其他文化机构中数字化和（不）平等的相互作用提供了一个有用的模板。