¿Qué sabemos sobre el uso de la Biblioteca pública?

Smith, Iam M. ¿Qué sabemos sobre el uso de la Biblioteca pública? Boletín de la Asociación Andaluza de Bibliotecarios, 2000, n. 60, pp. 1-17. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Data from Westminster Libraries on membership, borrowing frequency and stock use is compared with significant studies of public library use from the last 50 years. The article examines the extent of public library use, and the social and demographic factors influencing use. Analysis of book and audio-visual stock use indicates the concentration of demand on a few titles and subjects, and the relationship to what is in demand commercially. Aspects of public library use have remained constant over at least the last 50 years, and across geographical boundaries. Public libraries are used principally for leisure, for borrowing recent fiction, for useful non fiction related to immediate life interests, and for pop music. Quantitative data from library systems provide a different, probably more accurate, picture of the nature and extent of public library use. Translation of “What do we know about public library use”, de Ian M. Smith, in Abslib Proceedings, Vol. 51, No. 9, October 1999, pp. 302-314. Translated by Lozano Palacios, A, with the collaboration of the students of Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Granada.

Spanish abstract

Se comparan los datos obtenidos de las bibliotecas del distrito de Westminster sobre lectores, frecuencia de préstamo y uso de la colección con estudios significativos sobre el uso de la biblioteca pública aparecidos en los últimos 50 años. El artículo examina el uso de la biblioteca pública y los factores sociales y demográficos que influyen sobre el mismo. El análisis sobre el uso del material audiovisual y de los libros indica que la demanda se centra principalmente en unos cuantos títulos y materias y su relación con la demanda comercial. Algunos aspectos del uso de la biblioteca pública han permanecido constantes durante al menos los últimos cincuenta años, sin importar la región geográfica. Las bibliotecas públicas se usan principalmente para la lectura de ocio, para el préstamo de obras recientes de creación literaria, para consultar obras relacionadas con intereses cotidianos inmediatos y para escuchar música pop. Los datos cuantitativos obtenidos de los sistemas bibliotecarios proporcionan una visión diferente, y probablemente más fiel, del uso de la biblioteca pública. Traducción de artículo “What do we know about public library use”, de Ian M. Smith, aparecido en la revista Abslib Proceedings, Vol. 51, No. 9, octubre 1999, pp. 302-314. Traducido por A. LOZANO PALACIOS en colaboración con alumnos de Licenciatura de la Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad de Granada.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Bibliotecas públicas. Uso de la colección. Frecuencia del préstamo. Public libraries. Stock use. Borrowing frequency.
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading. > CB. User studies.
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DC. Public libraries.
Depositing user: baab Boletín de la Asociación Andaluza de Bibliotecarios
Date deposited: 13 Feb 2005
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:00
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/5972

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