Abstract
The purpose of this study is to show that the method of zoning an open shelf floor with a popular library area is more reasonable and effective at public libraries. According to this method an open shelf floor is divided into two zones at public libraries. One is an“active zone”which consists of a popular library area with a children's book area, a newspaper and magazines'area and an AV materials'area. The other is a“quiet zone”which consists of other adults'book area with a reference area.This research paper on the method of zoning an open shelf floor at public libraries shows that most children, especially infants and lower grade pupils, can leave their parents to use the children's book area, and after getting books of their preference, they read them beside their parents, and again they leave their parents to get another book. As a result, many children and their parents stay mainly at the children's book area, and many children and their parents can stay at the popular library area or the newspaper and magazines'area, too, if each area is ful of seats. Most parents who use books, on the other hand, use popular library books in the active zone, and approximately half of them use adults'books in the quiet zone in a short time. Most parents who use books tend to use not only books but also magazines.
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