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

本研究报告的结果进行了图书馆使用的调查，在大庭市，千叶县，在那里的多设施的图书馆网络，包括一个中央图书馆，12个分支图书馆和两个图书流动提供全面的图书馆服务，以其居民。我将离散选择分析应用于公共图书馆使用与选择行为的建模。五个图书馆使用模型和两个图书馆选择模型估计从公民调查获得的数据。本研究中的统计学显著特征与美国过去用户研究中报告的特征基本一致。前用户被发现更像当前用户比非用户的社会经济特征。并将其中一个图书馆选择模型应用于预测图书馆政策变动下用户的图书馆选择。用户的图书馆选择行为表明，近年来机动化的流动性增加，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.