Singaporean teens' perceptions of public libraries

This paper attempts to understand the motivational force that makes teenagers come to public libraries. It is argued that an understanding of the psyche of the teenager is an important step to attract this group of library users. The main argument is that the 'protector' stance adopted by...

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Main Author:	Kweh, Dennis Soon Huat.
Other Authors:	Calvert, Phillip
Format:	Theses and Dissertations
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Public libraries
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20447
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
Language:	English

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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-204472020-09-27T20:18:01Z Singaporean teens' perceptions of public libraries Kweh, Dennis Soon Huat. Calvert, Phillip School of Applied Science DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Public libraries This paper attempts to understand the motivational force that makes teenagers come to public libraries. It is argued that an understanding of the psyche of the teenager is an important step to attract this group of library users. The main argument is that the 'protector' stance adopted by library authorities is not the ideal approach. Master of Science (Information Studies) 2009-12-15T03:00:12Z 2009-12-15T03:00:12Z 1997 1997 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20447 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 68 p. application/pdf
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description	This paper attempts to understand the motivational force that makes teenagers come to public libraries. It is argued that an understanding of the psyche of the teenager is an important step to attract this group of library users. The main argument is that the 'protector' stance adopted by library authorities is not the ideal approach.
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Singaporean teens' perceptions of public libraries

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