Prezentacja z III Międzynarodowej Konferencji "Kultura czytelnicza młodego pokolenia", Łódź 16-17 października 2014

1. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
Teenagers’ perception of
contemporary library
Ph.D. Candidate Aiga Grenina, University of Latvia

2. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
Contents of Presentation
 Background
 Methodological issues
 Results
 Conclusion

3. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
The role of libraries in modern society
Libraries as:
 information providers;
 cultural centres;
 social space;
 facilitators of learning.
Teenagers:
 future adult users of libraries;
 characterised as one of the most susceptible to the
risk of abandoning library services.

4. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
Methodological issues
 Questionnaire:
-one open-ended question
„In your opinion, what a modern library should be
like?”
 Data processing:
-qualitative content analysis, constant comparison,
qualitative data analysis software NVivo 10

5. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
A socio-demographic profile of respondents
(%; n=61)

6. Results

7. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
The main categories

8. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
Library and Technologies
48 teenagers (29 girls and 19 boys)

9. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
Information Resources
48 teenagers (22 girls and 26 boys)

10. Premises, 39 teenagers (18 girls and 21 boys)

11. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
General Description
19 teenagers (9 girls and 10 boys)

12. Reading culture of the young generation 2014, Lodz,16 X 2014
User-friendly Staff
11 teenagers (4 girls and 7 boys)
 Staff = librarians, employers, consultants,
workers or those providing library services
 Characteristics: responsive, clever, educated,
helpful, nice, well-informed, friendly, able to
provide information about the respective
encyclopaedia or book, polite, acceptable,
understanding and knowledgeable

13. Conclusion

14. The main associations:
-technologies (Internet access and the availability of one or
several computers at the library premises);
-information resources (books).
Premises of a library are also important:
-comfort;
-an easy-to-understand layout;
-necessity of a reading room.
LIS practioners and teenagers have a different
perception of a modern library.

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