Perceptions of university librarians and students regarding library visits of high school students

Abstract

The study seeks to report about the perceptions of university librarians and students regarding the library visits of high school students.Using a qualitative approach following a case study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 librarians across university libraries in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman and Qatar.Besides, interviews were conducted with 43 high school students who visited the university libraries.The study shows that librarians perceive the visits of high school students as beneficial because these visits serve as a means to motivate them for further scholarship.Besides, there are gender differences among students who interact differently during their visits.While most of the academic studies are focused on the West, the present study is based in four of the six Gulf countries.Also, none of the previous studies has chosen to seek the views of the stakeholders regarding the visits of high school students in university libraries.The present study plugs both the gaps.

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