Study-aid Books and Workbooks in Japanese Public Li-braries
Questionnaire and Holdings Survey
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52731/liir.v004.124Keywords:
Study-aid books, Workbooks, Holdings, Public libraries, Low-income familiesAbstract
Japan is no longer a prosperous country, and the number of junior high and high school students from low-income families is increasing. Public libraries should provide resources that can aid in the learning and development of these children. Based on that premise, we conducted (1) a survey on Japanese public libraries’ holdings of study-aid books and workbooks for junior high and high school students and (2) a questionnaire survey of libraries with and without these books. The number of study-aid books and workbooks surveyed is 652, which were selected from Gakusan.com. Calil’s Library API and Questant in Macromill, Inc. were used for the holdings and questionnaire surveys, respectively. The number of respondents to the questionnaire was 122. Holdings survey showed that the number of libraries with study-aid books and workbooks was relatively small. The questionnaire survey showed that the libraries without these books are most concerned about “writing,” however, according to the libraries with these books, writing is no different from other books, and damage and loss are no further additional from other books.
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