Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reading habit and attitude among rural communities in the low literacy rate areas in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: Multi-stage cluster and simple random sampling were employed and 400 respondents who live nearby the rural library wer...
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| author | Samsuddin, Samsul Farid Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Bolong, Jusang Mohamed, Nor Aini |
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| description | Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reading habit and attitude among rural communities in the low literacy rate areas in Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach: Multi-stage cluster and simple random sampling were employed and 400 respondents who live nearby the rural library were selected.
Findings: Moderate levels of reading attitude were obtained from the result of the study, in which several variables produced a significant relationship in the reading attitude (education level, household income and time spent in reading).
Practical implications: Better understanding on the reading habit and attitude among rural communities could produce better information on the service provision towards the establishment of rural libraries in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia. This would also increase the utilisation of reading sources and services provided.
Originality/value: The paper provides better understanding on the reading habit and attitude among the rural communities in the low literacy rate areas in using the facilities provided by the rural libraries. The findings may be useful to the rural literacy and library development community in the developing countries. |
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| spelling | upm-290562020-04-15T15:57:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29056/ Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives Samsuddin, Samsul Farid Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Bolong, Jusang Mohamed, Nor Aini Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reading habit and attitude among rural communities in the low literacy rate areas in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: Multi-stage cluster and simple random sampling were employed and 400 respondents who live nearby the rural library were selected. Findings: Moderate levels of reading attitude were obtained from the result of the study, in which several variables produced a significant relationship in the reading attitude (education level, household income and time spent in reading). Practical implications: Better understanding on the reading habit and attitude among rural communities could produce better information on the service provision towards the establishment of rural libraries in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia. This would also increase the utilisation of reading sources and services provided. Originality/value: The paper provides better understanding on the reading habit and attitude among the rural communities in the low literacy rate areas in using the facilities provided by the rural libraries. The findings may be useful to the rural literacy and library development community in the developing countries. Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29056/1/Understanding%20the%20reading%20habit%20and%20attitudes%20among%20the%20rural%20community%20in%20low%20literacy%20rate%20areas%20in%20Malaysia%20rural%20library%20perspectives.pdf Samsuddin, Samsul Farid and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Bolong, Jusang and Mohamed, Nor Aini (2020) Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives. Library Management, 41 (1). pp. 39-52. ISSN 0143-5124; ESSN: 1758-7921 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/LM-06-2019-0037/full/html 10.1108/LM-06-2019-0037 |
| spellingShingle | Samsuddin, Samsul Farid Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Bolong, Jusang Mohamed, Nor Aini Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title | Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title_full | Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title_short | Understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in Malaysia: rural library perspectives |
| title_sort | understanding the reading habit and attitudes among the rural community in low literacy rate areas in malaysia: rural library perspectives |
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