An Analysis of Diffusion of Young Adult Service

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  • ヤングアダルトサービスの普及要因に関する研究
  • ヤングアダルトサービス ノ フキュウ ヨウイン ニ カンスル ケンキュウ

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This paper investigates the factors that affect the spread of young adult service among public libraries. Questionnaires were sent to six prefectures in the Kanto area, and case studies were carried out in two prefectures. The questionnaires elicited information about the libraries that the public libraries used as a reference when they started the service. The results of the questionnaires were analyzed on the basis of two factors: the centrality and the proportion of references to libraries inside the prefecture. In the case studies, two prefectures were selected on the basis of the spread of the service, and the factors affecting this spread were investigated. The results of the questionnaires showed that the prefectures in which the young adult service prevailed had a high density of centrality, besides a high proportion of references to libraries inside the prefecture. This indicates that, in the prefectures in which the service prevailed, there were model libraries, and information about the service was shared among the libraries. The case studies revealed that the prefecture where the service prevailed had a system for sharing the information about the service through the formation of an informal study group, and the implementation of work-shops by the prefectural library association. In contrast, the other prefecture, where the service did not prevail, had a strong tradition of children's service and young adult service was not adopted by the model library.

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