Halk Kütüphanelerinde Bebek Kullanıcılara Yönelik Hizmetler

Abstract

When the status of public libraries serving all age groups in Turkey is questioned, it is seen that there is not much variety of service for babies compared to other age groups. Taking into account the importance of this issue, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has carried out studies to provide services for babies in libraries. Within the scope of this study, the relevant sections of two public libraries in Turkey, which were found to have separate sections for babies, were examined in the context of the five basic elements of libraries (budget, location, user, staff, collection). Since libraries for infants, which serve in a detached building outside the public library and independent from it, were excluded from the sample, they were not included in the research. Qualitative research was conducted in the study. During the case study implementation, structured interview and document review techniques were used as the data collection technique. At the stage of data evaluation, descriptive analysis technique was used. The result of the study showed that the sections for infants were used extensively by users of the library and positive feedback was received from the users.