英文摘要 |
Based on the Establishing and Operation Standards of Junior High School Library, the study aims to examine the current management condition, teaching methods and contents of library information utilization , promotion of reading activity, and students' satisfaction of Taichung county junior high school libraries. Surveys were conducted on the 8th graders (2010) and persons in charge of libraries of 46 public junior high schools in Taichung County. Among all the sent 'Questionnaires on the Current Management Condition of Taichung County Junior High School Library,' 46 valid were returned. Another 'Questionnaires on Library Using Condition and Satisfaction', 741 valid returned. Both questionnaires are subject to frequency distributions, percentage rank, and one-way ANOVA for statistic analysis. Major findings are: A. Personnel: no schools have established a steering committee. B. Future development: 58.9% fails to conform to the collection requirements. C. Installation: 37% are located on the 3rd floor. D. Management and operation: 97.8% operate mainly on providing book borrowing and returning service, and fail to meet the required 40 hours per week; E. Education on information utilization: 34.8% have implemented education on information utilization, mostly conducted by class teachers or full-time teachers. F. Promotion of reading activity: 80.4% conduct reading instruction. G. The top three items on the satisfaction list are: (i) Installation: clear marking of service items; journals/magazine section, and moving line planning; (ii) Service: book borrowing and returning procedures; book returning process, and time-limit of borrowing; (iii) Promotion: exhibition activity, language/speech competition, and books exchange promotion activity. |