A Study on the equality and effectivity evaluation of public-library planning

这项研究报告了在千叶县大石洼市进行的一项图书馆使用调查的结果，在那里，由一个中央图书馆、12个分馆和两个图书移动设备组成的多设施图书馆网络为其居民提供全面的图书馆服务。我将离散选择分析应用到公共图书馆使用和选择初学者的模型中。通过一项公民调查获得的数据，估计了5种图书馆使用模式和2种图书馆选择模式。这项研究的统计学显著特征与美国过去的用户研究报告的特征大体一致。就社会经济特征而言，以前的使用者与现在的使用者相比，更像是现在的使用者。然后将其中一个图书馆选择模型应用于预测用户在新图书馆政策下的图书馆选择。用户的图书馆选择行为表明，近年来机动化增加的机动性相对较少地强调可访问性问题，而更多地强调广泛的图书馆服务的可用性。

This study reports the findings of a library use survey conducted in dashiwa city, Chiba Prefecture, where a multiple-facility library network consisting of a central library, twelve branch libraries and two book-mobiles offers full-fledged library services to its residents. I applied discrete choice analysis to the modelling of public library use and choice begavior. Five library use models and two library choice models were estimated from the data obtained by a citizen survey. Statiscally significant characteristics in this study were generally in agreement with those reported in past user studies in the United States. Former users were founded to resemble more current users than nonusers in terms of socioeconomic characteristics. One of the Library choice models was then applied to predicting user's Library choice under altanative library policies. User's Library choice behavior suggested that an increast mobility in recent years by motorization places emphasis relatively less on the accessibility question and more on the availability of wide-range of library services.