The use of library materials and services by gifted students

Abstract

This article presents the results of a library use survey conducted with 220 gifted students (it University High Laboratory School at the University of Illinois in Champaign‐Urbana. A modified questionnaire of 46 items developed by Fasick and England (1977) was employed to determine the following: (a) the purposes for which the students at University High School used the school library; (b) the degree to which their informational and recreational needs were being satisfied; and (c) the characteristics of students who used the library. Findings from the survey indicated that: (a) gifted students were frequent users of the school library for both informational and recreational materials; (b) gifted students were generally satisfied with the materials they found and [c] gifted students were avid readers who tended to view television less often than nongifted students.

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