Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor
Libraries, regardless of their types of libraries either academic libraries, special libraries, public libraries and even in school libraries are facing a major challenge in the 21st century: for a number of years there has been a decline in the number of books being borrowed. In the academic lib...
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Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak, Universiti Teknologi MARA
2020
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| author | Hasan, Nur Azleen Abdullah, Mawar Noor Mohd Hanafi, Noor Hasanah |
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| description | Libraries, regardless of their types of libraries either academic libraries, special libraries,
public libraries and even in school libraries are facing a major challenge in the 21st century:
for a number of years there has been a decline in the number of books being borrowed. In
the academic libraries, where the library is the heart of the institution, making a clear
assumption on the borrowing and loan activities must statistically being proven. This study
determines the reasons of the decreasing number of borrowing books among the students;
the frequency of students visit and borrow books from the library; the purpose of the
students come to the library; and the types of sources that were used. This study also
focuses on identifying the reasons why students reluctant to borrow books in an academic
library. The significance of the study is to improve borrowing books activity in the library
and thus help in promoting new books on shelves; encourage librarians in guiding users
to search appropriate books in order to fulfil their needs; help library in making acquisition
and circulation decisions based on the current findings and help library management in
measuring their Return on Investment (ROI) as library has spent a lot on books purchase.
Questionnaires were distributed to 400 random targeted respondents who experience using
the library services. The insights of this study could assist the library management in
measuring and evaluating their collections and improve their services to the user in future. |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | upm-1187162025-07-22T07:39:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118716/ Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor Hasan, Nur Azleen Abdullah, Mawar Noor Mohd Hanafi, Noor Hasanah Libraries, regardless of their types of libraries either academic libraries, special libraries, public libraries and even in school libraries are facing a major challenge in the 21st century: for a number of years there has been a decline in the number of books being borrowed. In the academic libraries, where the library is the heart of the institution, making a clear assumption on the borrowing and loan activities must statistically being proven. This study determines the reasons of the decreasing number of borrowing books among the students; the frequency of students visit and borrow books from the library; the purpose of the students come to the library; and the types of sources that were used. This study also focuses on identifying the reasons why students reluctant to borrow books in an academic library. The significance of the study is to improve borrowing books activity in the library and thus help in promoting new books on shelves; encourage librarians in guiding users to search appropriate books in order to fulfil their needs; help library in making acquisition and circulation decisions based on the current findings and help library management in measuring their Return on Investment (ROI) as library has spent a lot on books purchase. Questionnaires were distributed to 400 random targeted respondents who experience using the library services. The insights of this study could assist the library management in measuring and evaluating their collections and improve their services to the user in future. Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2020 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118716/1/118716.pdf Hasan, Nur Azleen and Abdullah, Mawar Noor and Mohd Hanafi, Noor Hasanah (2020) Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor. In: 1st Library and Information Professional Seminar (LIBPRO 2020), 10 Nov. 2020, Shah Alam, Malaysia. (p. 97). (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | Hasan, Nur Azleen Abdullah, Mawar Noor Mohd Hanafi, Noor Hasanah Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title | Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title_full | Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title_fullStr | Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title_short | Declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in Johor |
| title_sort | declining number of books borrowing at an academic library in johor |
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