study of library use pattern by Large quantitative data analysis

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00453
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: UEDA Shuichi 立教大学, 文学部, 特任教授 (50134218)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三根 慎二 三重大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (80468529)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 公共図書館 / 大学図書館 / 図書館利用者 / 読書 / 蔵書

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Some discussions on library use and reading have been done without knowing the actual situation. The purpose of this research is to quantitatively grasp library use and reading from a broad perspective. Based on the secondary analysis of SSJDA (Social Science Japan Data Archive), users of public libraries at least once a month accounted for 13.6%. In the analysis of admission and lending data of two university libraries, undergraduate students were the majority of users of university libraries, and 90% of their loan were scholarly books. The number of reading books is decreasing, and reading is being regarded as entertainment in Japan.

Free Research Field

図書館情報学