THE DUAL STRUCTURE OF USERS' SPHERE IN RURAL LIBRARIES : A study on the planning of the regional facilities in sparsely pupulated areas 1

Abstract

This paper discusses the users' sphere of libraries in sparsely populated areas. In this case study of the regional facilities, 6 rural libraries are investigated in Mie prefecture. The main results are follows: 1) Library users are divided into two groups. One is users who live near library and high ratio of users (users per population), the other is users who are not under the influence of distance to the library. 2) The one is contained aged persons and children who visit alone. Users near the library come to attracted by the libraries' service levels. 3) The other is contained children with parent, working men and housewives by car. The worker who use alone make wide users' sphere. The purpose of users who can drive to library is not under the influence of distance to the library.

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