Motivations for Library Use: Dover, Delaware,Library User Identity-Motivation Pilot Study,December 2005

摘要

Under State Librarian Annie Norman, the Delaware Division ofLibraries (DDL) has made notable progress in planning, measuringand advocating for programs and funds that have improved thelibraries of that state. A visit to the state library's homepage (http://state.lib.de .us) immediately demonstrates the DDLS sense of purposein the tagline motto, Delaware Libraries: Infrastructure + Capacity= Sustainability. DDL planning is ongoing, including a 2008 planto move all the state's libraries forward in the critical areas ofeconomic development, lifelong learning and health information.One document in this planning process was the 2005 pilot study toexamine and categorize the motivations for why individuals use thepublic library. It is that study, a market segmentation study of thereasons why people use the library, that is published here. The studythat is the basis for this report was produced under contract by theInstitute for Learning Innovation (http://www.ilinet.org/display/ILI/Home). DDL would like to give a special thank you to Dr. John Falkof the Institute for Learning Innovation for his significant help withthis study. Presented here in its entirety, the study report can befound on the Delaware Division of Library Services Web site athttp://state .lib .de .us/For libraries/planning/Dover%20Library%20Pilot%20Study%20Final%20Report .pdf. The editors gratefullyacknowledge the willingness of Delaware State Librarian AnnieNorman and the Delaware Division of Libraries for the right toreprint this significant methodological example for PLQ readers.