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THE RANGES OF LIFE INTERESTS AND READING INTERESTS AMONG ADULT USERS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN COMMUNITIES OF VARIOUS SIZES.

机译：在各种规模的社区中，公共图书馆成人用户的生活兴趣和阅读兴趣的范围。

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This study was designed to consider whether there is a direct correlation regardless of the size of the community between the range of life interests and the range of reading interests among public library users in communities where public libraries are of good quality.;An examination of the demographic characteristics of the sample showed that respondents at all six libraries were generally younger and more highly educated than the general population of those communities. Furthermore, a higher proportion of respondents were in professional or technical occupations than was the case in the general population. In half of the libraries more males than females responded to the questionnaire.;The range of life interests and reading interests were compared using frequencies of responses to items selected for inclusion on indices of life interests and reading interests. Indices of life interests and reading interests were compared using X('2) and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Statistical values were significant at the (alpha) = .1 level.;The frequency with which respondents indicated that they read about the life interests in which they had expressed interest was studied in order to determine the degree to which life interests might influence reading interests. The relationship between expressing a life interest and reading about that interest was studied using X('2) and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Statistical values were significant at the (alpha) = .1 level. Because of the low number of books borrowed in each subject, statistical tests were inconclusive in establishing a relationship between reading interests and book borrowing.;Six public libraries in Illinois were selected for study: two in communities having more than 50,000 population according to the U.S. Census of Population 1970; two in communities having populations of 10,000 to 49,999; and two in communities having populations of less than 10,000. One library in each size group was located in a community in the metropolitan Chicago area; the second library in each size group was located in a community outside the metropolitan Chicago area. Questionnaires designed to measure the range of life interests and the range of reading interests were administered at random in-site to adult library users through the use of a time probability sampling technique. Respondents were asked questions concerning the life interests about which they read and about specific books which they borrowed on the day they answered the questionnaires. One hundred questionnaires were analyzed at each library.;Results provide evidence that there is a direct relationship between the range of life interests and the range of reading interests among adult public library users regardless of the size of the community in which the library is located and that people tend to read about their life interests. Level of education completed by respondents was found to be an important indicator. In communities where respondents had completed higher levels of education the correlation between the indices tended to be weaker and the range of reading interests broader than in other communities. Factors of sex, occupation, and life style were also found to be influential.;Results of this study indicate that public libraries in communities of all sizes must provide access to materials in the full range of subjects. Planning for collection building can be made more effective through an examination of the life interests and life styles of residents of the community in which the library is located.
机译：本研究旨在考虑在公共图书馆质量良好的社区中，公共图书馆用户的生活兴趣范围和阅读兴趣范围之间是否存在直接相关性，而不论社区的规模如何。样本的人口统计学特征表明，所有六个图书馆的受访者普遍比这些社区的人口年轻，教育程度更高。此外，从事专业或技术职业的受访者比例要高于普通人群。在一半的图书馆中，男性对女性的回答多于女性。；使用对被选入生活兴趣和阅读兴趣指数的项目的回答频率，比较了生活兴趣和阅读兴趣的范围。使用X（'2）和Pearson乘积矩相关系数比较生活兴趣和阅读兴趣的指标。统计值在α= .1级别上很显着。；研究了被调查者表明他们对自己感兴趣的生活兴趣的阅读频率，以确定生活兴趣对阅读兴趣的影响程度。 。使用X（'2）和Pearson乘积矩相关系数研究了表达生活兴趣与阅读兴趣之间的关系。统计值在α= .1水平上很显着。由于每个科目的图书借阅量很少，因此统计测试无法确定阅读兴趣与图书借阅之间的关系。选择伊利诺伊州的六个公共图书馆进行研究：根据美国的统计，在人口超过50,000的社区中有两个是公共图书馆1970年人口普查；人口在10,000至49,999之间的社区中有两个；还有两个在人口少于10,000的社区中。每个规模组中的一个图书馆位于大都市芝加哥地区的一个社区中。每个规模组中的第二个图书馆位于大都市芝加哥地区以外的社区中。通过使用时间概率采样技术，对成年图书馆用户进行现场随机问卷调查，以测量生活兴趣和阅读兴趣的范围。被调查者被问到有关阅读生活兴趣以及回答问卷当天借用的特定书籍的问题。每个图书馆分析了一百份问卷。结果提供了证据，表明成年公共图书馆用户的生活兴趣范围和阅读兴趣范围之间存在直接关系，而与图书馆所在社区的大小和人们倾向于阅读他们的生活兴趣。受访者完成的教育水平被认为是一个重要指标。与其他社区相比，在受访者完成较高教育水平的社区中，指标之间的相关性往往更弱，阅读兴趣范围更广。性别，职业和生活方式的因素也被发现具有影响力。这项研究的结果表明，各种规模的社区中的公共图书馆都必须提供访问所有主题的资料的途径。通过检查图书馆所在社区居民的生活兴趣和生活方式，可以更有效地计划馆藏建设。

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  • 作者

    LUCAS, LINDA SUE.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.;

  • 授予单位 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.;
  • 学科 Library Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 1980
  • 页码 213 p.
  • 总页数 213
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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