Bókasafnið - 01.06.2014, Síða 38

Bókasafnið 38. árg. 2014
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þjálfadeild voru fæst í þessari rannsókn, en í þeirri deild
mældist hæsta fylgnin milli útlána og einkunna
grunnnema. Fróðlegt væri að kanna hvort þau noti frekar
rafræn gögn en aðrar deildir. Einnig er spurning hvort
bókasafnið geti bætt þjónustuna og/eða safnkostinn á
þeirra efnissviði og fjölgað útlánum þeirra?
Ein rannsókn kallar á fleiri og áhugavert væri að
rannsaka notkun á gögnum í Landsaðgangi og rafræn­
um séráskriftum Háskóla Íslands og bera saman við út­
lánatölur og kanna tengsl notkunarinnar við námsgengi.
Ef þróa á þjónustu á háskólabókasafni og auka faglega
heimildanotkun nemenda er nauðsynlegt að rannsaka
upplýsingahegðun, notkun og viðhorf. Margar góðar
eigindlegar rannsóknir hafa verið gerðar sem lokaverk­
efni í Bókasafns­ og upplýsingafræði, en ég sakna þess
að sjá ekki fleiri megindlegar rannsóknir bæði úr náminu
og innan starfsstéttarinnar. Ég tel að það sé mikilvægt
fyrir framþróun bókasafna í landinu að fjölga megindleg­
um rannsóknum í faggreininni til að öðlast heildarsýn og
kortleggja stöðuna á hverjum tíma og er þessi könnun
vonandi innlegg í þá átt.
Þakkir:
Ég vil þakka vinnuveitanda mínum fyrir að veita mér
svigrúm í starfi til að framkvæma þessa rannsókn sem
vonandi gagnast bókasafni Menntavísindasviðs til að
gera góða þjónustu enn betri. Einnig vil ég nota tækifær­
ið og þakka samstarfskonu minni Þórhildi S. Sigurð­
ardóttur kærlega fyrir yfirlesturinn.
Abstract:
University library material usage and its
correlation to academic performance
This quantative study focuses on the circulation
statistics of students enrolled in the University of Ice­
land’s School of Education during the academic year
2012­2013. It records the average number of books
borrowed by students as well as the number of students
who borrowed no books at all, determining whether
factors such as the faculty in which students were en­
rolled and/or the stage at which they were studying ﴾i.e.
undergraduate or graduate level﴿ have a significant
bearing on either figure. In addition, it examines whether
there is a correlation between the number of loans made
by students and their final GPA ﴾grade point average﴿.
The findings were as follows. Of a total of 2,171 stud­
ents 1,066 ﴾48%﴿ borrowed no books at all during the
said period. Moreover, a proportionately larger number
of undergraduate than graduate students had borrowed
books ﴾61% as against 43%﴿, and students in the
Faculty of Sport, Leisure Studies and Social Education
borrowed the fewest number of books. Spearman’s rho
was used to determine whether there was a correlation
between the number of books borrowed by students and
their final GPA and discovered that there was indeed a
positive correlation, i.e. that the more loans a student
made the more likely he/she was to have a high GPA.
These findings are comparable to similar studies carried
out abroad.
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