THE TYPE OF SEPARATE USE FOR CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN'S BOOK AREA ADJACENT TO ADULTS' BOOK AREA

摘要

Recently, many children use public libraries with their parents, which we cal'family use'. The purpose of this study is to clarify the method of arranging the children's book area and the adults'book area for family use. The results are as follows; There are two types; one type is arranging the children's book area adjacent to the adults' book area and the other is the separate type. When the children's book area is next to the adults' book area, the children are apt to separate more easily from their parents and stay longer at the children's book area than when both areas are far apart. In the former type, the parents more often come to their children after their selection at their own area and help their children select and read books than in thelatter type.They sometimes read their own books beside their children. Moreover, the children can oftener go to see their parents while they are reading books separated in their different areas. Therefore, the type of arranging the children's book area adjacent to the area for adults' books is more effective for family use than the separate type.