What Do Young Teens Think about the Public Library?

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contents What Do Young Teens Think about the Public Library? Howard, Vivian Library Personnel Municipalities Focus Groups Public Libraries Early Adolescents Attitude Measures Foreign Countries Satisfaction Web Sites Participation Barriers This article reports on a research study investigating the attitude of twelve- to fifteen-year-old residents of an Eastern Canadian regional municipality to the public library. Phase 1, a quantitative survey, analyzes overall satisfaction ratings and frequency of use of the public library. Phase 2 uses qualitative methodology (focus groups) to illuminate and enrich the findings from the initial survey research. This study concludes that although most young teens in this regional municipality have a positive overall impression of the public library, they are not frequent public library users. In particular, teens highlighted the lack of relationships with library staff, appealing facilities, an appealing teen library Web site, and teen involvement and participation as key barriers to library use. (Contains 9 tables.)
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spellingShingle What Do Young Teens Think about the Public Library?
Howard, Vivian
Library Personnel
Municipalities
Focus Groups
Public Libraries
Early Adolescents
Attitude Measures
Foreign Countries
Satisfaction
Web Sites
Participation
Barriers
What Do Young Teens Think about the Public Library? Howard, Vivian Library Personnel Municipalities Focus Groups Public Libraries Early Adolescents Attitude Measures Foreign Countries Satisfaction Web Sites Participation Barriers This article reports on a research study investigating the attitude of twelve- to fifteen-year-old residents of an Eastern Canadian regional municipality to the public library. Phase 1, a quantitative survey, analyzes overall satisfaction ratings and frequency of use of the public library. Phase 2 uses qualitative methodology (focus groups) to illuminate and enrich the findings from the initial survey research. This study concludes that although most young teens in this regional municipality have a positive overall impression of the public library, they are not frequent public library users. In particular, teens highlighted the lack of relationships with library staff, appealing facilities, an appealing teen library Web site, and teen involvement and participation as key barriers to library use. (Contains 9 tables.)
title What Do Young Teens Think about the Public Library?
topic Library Personnel
Municipalities
Focus Groups
Public Libraries
Early Adolescents
Attitude Measures
Foreign Countries
Satisfaction
Web Sites
Participation
Barriers
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ931266