Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia
The main attempt of this study is to identify the social influence among the youth that might impinge them to go and use the rural library services offered at their areas. This was a quantitative study where a developed questionnaire was used in the data collection process. The study was conducted a...
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| author | Bolong, Jusang Omar, Siti Zobidah Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril |
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| description | The main attempt of this study is to identify the social influence among the youth that might impinge them to go and use the rural library services offered at their areas. This was a quantitative study where a developed questionnaire was used in the data collection process. The study was conducted at Johor, Terengganu, Kedah and Perak and involves a total of 400 rural youth aged between 15-40 years old. The analysis performed that all of the social sources listed recorded a high level of mean score whereby good communication with rural library staffs recorded the highest mean score while encouragement from village leaders recorded the lowest mean score. A number of recommendations were placed and hoped that such recommendations can assist the concerned parties in constructing strategic planning for rural library development. |
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| spelling | upm-566602017-08-04T03:39:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56660/ Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia Bolong, Jusang Omar, Siti Zobidah Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril The main attempt of this study is to identify the social influence among the youth that might impinge them to go and use the rural library services offered at their areas. This was a quantitative study where a developed questionnaire was used in the data collection process. The study was conducted at Johor, Terengganu, Kedah and Perak and involves a total of 400 rural youth aged between 15-40 years old. The analysis performed that all of the social sources listed recorded a high level of mean score whereby good communication with rural library staffs recorded the highest mean score while encouragement from village leaders recorded the lowest mean score. A number of recommendations were placed and hoped that such recommendations can assist the concerned parties in constructing strategic planning for rural library development. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56660/1/Social%20influence%20among%20rural%20youth%20in%20using%20the%20rural%20library%20services%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Bolong, Jusang and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2015) Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia. Journal of Applied Sciences, 15 (2). pp. 321-324. ISSN 1812-5654; ESSN: 1812-5662 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2015.321.324 10.3923/jas.2015.321.324 |
| spellingShingle | Bolong, Jusang Omar, Siti Zobidah Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title | Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title_full | Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title_short | Social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in Malaysia |
| title_sort | social influence among rural youth in using the rural library services in malaysia |
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