READING INTEREST OF UNDERGRADUATES IN SRI LANKA
Keywords:
Reading interest, Reading habit, Library usage, Information seeking behaviourAbstract
A commonly accepted factor with regard to successful education is that the undergraduates ought to refer to their library books very often. But the reading interest differs from one another and hence differ their methodology in studying too. Reading interest of undergraduates is not decided upon merely a certain factor, but of many factors. Specially, it depends upon the subject stream which has been selected by each individual.
The sample of the research has been selected using stratified sampling method. The research was done, including the identified factors to specific questionnaire in order to tabulate the factors which affect the reading interest. The results were tabulated statistically so as to reach the conclusions.
According to the results of this research, the factors which affected the reading interest is obtained or not user education, time spent to use the library, usage of library catalogue, awareness of the library classification systems, time spent to read magazines, staff support and library inside environment.
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