The Library Utilization Behavior of Residents at the Household Level in the Districts with Good Access to Libraries in a Widespread Area : On the Basis of a Resident Survey in Sapporo City

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  • KAWAMURA Yoshiyuki
    Department of General Education, Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College
  • TOSHIMORI Atsushi
    Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba
  • UEMATSU Sadao
    Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba

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  • 広域利用可能地域における世帯レベルの図書館利用行動 : 札幌市住民調査をもとに
  • コウイキ リヨウ カノウ チイキ ニ オケル セタイ レベル ノ トショカン リヨウ コウドウ サッポロシ ジュウミン チョウサ オ モト ニ

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A resident survey was conducted for all households living in the specific resident block in Sapporo City. Through classifying the households by the age of the youngest child, the library utilization behavior of a family unit was analyzed. The transition of a library utilization style according to the progress of household's life stages as well as the effects of the car availability on the choice of utilized libraries are clarified. Large-sized libraries in distant places were used as "lending library" in the same way as nearby medium-sized and small libraries by the user segments of "married couple" and "parent and children". The conventional hierarchical library-developing technique based on the travel distance has become incompatible with the family users who jointly use the library and traveling long distance by the car.

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