A Study on Grandparent-Grandchild Reading Activities in Taiwan's Public Libraries
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Sun, Yun-Qian
Abstract
This study explores the circumstance of grandparent-grandchild reading activities, including status of these activities in public libraries of Taipei City, NewTaipei City and Kaohsiung City, the librarians’ perception of these activities, the motivation, evaluation and expectations of participants, and the effects of these activities on libraries, grandparents and grandchildren. The research methods include web content analysis, questionnaire survey, and semi-structured in-depth interview. During late July to early October 2014, data about grandparent-grandchild reading activities of 136 public libraries in three above mentioned cities were collected through official website and Google. 136 questionnaires were sent to the libraries of three cities to investigate the situation of activities and librarians’ perception, and 126 effective questionnaires were recalled. The effective response rate is 92.6%. Based on the result of web content analysis and questionnaire survey, 10 librarians who have provided grandparent-grandchild reading activities and 11 grandparents who have participated in activities in 9 public libraries were chosen for further semi-structured in-depth interview. The results of this research can be summarized as follow: (1) Librarians’ perception: Grandparent-grandchild reading activity is a special kind of parent-child reading activities for grandparents and grandchildren. However, the activity time, materials, venues and facilities, theme and content, and the qualification of activity leaders are quite different from those of parent-child reading activities. (2) Activities status: One-third of public libraries have provided grandparent-grandchild reading activities for users. The main types of activities are storytelling and manual work. The affecting factors of public library arranging grandparent-grandchild reading activities include library motivations, goals, planning, publicity, funding, human resources, internal and external supports. (3) Participants’ motivation, evaluation and expectations: Grandparents participate in library activities, hoping that the reading activities contribute to the growth of their grandchildren. And grandparents are generally satisfied with grandparent-grandchild reading activities, and willing to continue to participate in similar activities like storytelling, manual work, or other dynamic activities. (4) Activities effects: Grandparent-grandchild reading activities are beneficial to improving utilization and presence of public libraries, satisfying to grandparents’ emotional needs and developing the co-reading ability, encouraging grandchildren’s reading interest and habits, and fostering better relations between grandparents and grandchildren. In addition, the study provides some suggestions to public libraries, government, grandparents, and researchers.
Subjects
grandparent-grandchild reading activities
public library
parent-child reading activities
reading promotion activities
Type
thesis
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