鄉鎮圖書館為臺灣地區最基層之公立公共圖書館，關切鄉鎮圖書館營運問題，其發展能否跟得上現代化、科技化的腳步，足以勝任新世紀圖書館新功能和新角色，有效提升鄉鎮圖書館的營運成效，藉以提供相關主管單位、圖書館經營者及有志投入鄉鎮圖書館服務者，以及修訂相關法制時規劃參考之用，以期改善鄉鎮圖書館的服務。 本研究方法採用問卷調查及訪談方式，問卷調查宜蘭縣12所鄉鎮圖書館，輔以調查各鄉鎮圖書館人力資源，呈現各鄉鎮圖書館之經營情況。訪談則包含1位文化局圖書資訊課課長、12鄉鎮圖書館管理員及2位鄉鎮市長。 本研究結果呈現宜蘭縣鄉鎮圖書館基本上營運正常，但仍需持續改善：一、鄉鎮圖書館人員素質無法有效提升，發展受限，應培訓在職專業人力，努力爭取合理員額及專業人員的加入；二、鄉鎮圖書館財政困難，購書經費短少，藉由主動爭取補助款及妥善運用各項社會資源，以因應經費相關問題；三、館藏仍需持續充實及更新、典藏地方資料、定期進行館藏質量評鑑，以持續改善館藏資源；四、全縣公共圖書館採一證通用，流通政策統一，將來藉由館際代借代還，圖書館可較彈性的開放時間，持續提升服務品質與提高讀者滿意度；五、已完成圖書館網路化環境，成為鄉鎮網路資源的學習中心。 本研究建議：落實推展公共圖書館營運基準施行，有效擴展鄉鎮圖書館經費來源，加強館際合作交流、規劃圖書館合理員額，充實專業人力，主動積極辦理行動圖書館、社區書香小站，修訂相關法令，改進鄉鎮圖書館體制與編制，以促進鄉鎮圖書館之發展。 / There’s no doubt that Taiwan public libraries’ future prosperity will depend heavily on rural libraries management. As we stride into the 21st century, it is important to have public libraries fit modern and technical trends while rural libraries play a very important role in this issue. The result of this study provides the relate master unit, library management team and those who intend to devote themselves in rural library services with the reference of amending related regulations to enhance effectiveness of library operation and to improve rural library services. The methods of this study include questionnaire survey and interview. Questionnaire survey covers twelve rural libraries of I-Lan County, supported with libraries’ human resources to show the operation situation of each rural library. Interviews were made with one government officer from the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, twelve rural librarians and two rural government mayors. The result of this study indicates that libraries in the I-Lan County are basically running smoothly but still need improvement for the following: 1) to strengthen the training program for librarians and to attractive the participation of specialists. 2) due to shortage of financial resources and budget limitation, it is encouraged that well manage culture resources and donation from society. 3) update the collection quality and quantity. 4)to unify the system of inter-library loan service procedure and to simplify the inter institutional transmission in order to meet reader’s satisfaction. 5)completing the network for rural libraries in order to meet the goal for the community learning center. This study suggested the realization promotes the public library management into execution, effectively expands the rural libraries fund to originated, strengthens the inter institutional exchange program, the enrichment specialized manpower, initiative handles the motion library and circulating library also the revision correlation law to increase the effectiveness of operations and development for rural libraries.

鄉鎮圖書館與社區充分合作，使圖書館成為社區資源中心，是目前鄉鎮圖書館經營的重要目標。但是其中仍有許多問題尚待解決，包括鄉鎮圖書館對社區資源的認識不足與經費、人力資源的缺乏等，都形成鄉鎮圖書館發展的阻礙。因此本研究期望藉由對與社區結合有良好成效之圖書館進行研究，探討其運用社區資源行銷圖書館之經驗，以作為未來鄉鎮圖書館經營之參考。 本研究旨在探討鄉鎮圖書館成功運用社區資源行銷之經驗，瞭解鄉鎮圖書館行銷成功之因素，以及行銷過程中所面臨之問題。欲探討的研究問題如下：（一）鄉鎮圖書館如何發掘可運用之社區資源並尋求合作？（二）鄉鎮圖書館可運用的社區資源類型為何？（三）結合社區資源之行銷方式為圖書館和社區所帶來之效益為何？（四）鄉鎮圖書館在行銷過程中遭遇之困難？（五）鄉鎮圖書館如何因應行銷過程中所遭遇的困境？ 本研究採用個案研究法與訪談法，選擇以臺北縣深坑鄉、萬里鄉、新店市及宜蘭縣南澳鄉、宜蘭市及壯圍鄉立圖書館為研究對象。運用個案研究法蒐集各館之營運資料，瞭解各館營運之概況及行銷活動運作之情形。另外利用訪談法，訪談對象包含鄉鎮圖書館工作人員及社區人士，藉此瞭解鄉鎮圖書館工作者與社區成員對於鄉鎮圖書館運用社區資源之看法，探究其運用社區資源之經驗。 綜合各項資料歸納出結論，在社區資源的發掘方面，鄉鎮圖書館應掌握三項重點：（一）深入瞭解社區環境，充分運用社區之特色；（二）主動出擊經營公共關係，加強與社區的互動；（三）圖書館與社區的合作必須建立在互利的基礎之上。社區資源的型態會因各地區的發展而有所差異，各鄉鎮圖書館也會因應各自的經營策略而對社區資源有不同的運用方式，而圖書館可以運用的社區資源可分為（一）文化資源；（二）機構資源；（三）人力資源；（四）自然資源。 運用社區資源為圖書館行銷所帶來的效益包括（一）閱讀人口成長；（二）建立圖書館之經營特色；（三）提昇圖書館的能見度，增加民眾對圖書館的認同感。為社區帶來的效益則包括（一）提昇社區藝文風氣；（二）提供民眾成長、學習的機會；（三）提昇社區能見度，帶動社區發展。 鄉鎮圖書館在運用社區資源行銷的過程中面臨的困境包括（一）資源缺乏；（二）圖書館與社區認知上的歧異；（三）政治干預專業；（四）圖書館活動創新性與行動力不足。面對行銷的困境，鄉鎮圖書館的因應方式為（一）圖書館應該扮演資源整合者的角色；（二）適應社區文化，加強與社區的互動；（三）提昇地方首長對圖書館的關注。 最後本研究針對鄉鎮圖書館運用社區資源之方式及營運之困境提出以下建議：（一）改革鄉鎮圖書館體制，讓圖書館經營回歸專業；（二）有關單位應持續關注鄉鎮圖書館的發展，提供適當協助；（三）鄉鎮圖書館應確立自身的使命，扮演好應有的角色；（四）建立資料庫，整合社區資源；（五）強化人員培訓，切合實際需求。 / Rural libraries had become community resource centers after cooperated with communities. This is an important goal to the present rural library. However, there are still many issues to be resolved, including the lack of awareness of community resources and funding, human resources lacked. These problem formed obstacles to the development of rural libraries. This research focus on the marketing experience from those rural libraries which integrating community resources well, and expected to provide good examples to the future rural library’s management. The purpose of this study is to understand the successful marketing experience of rural libraries. The themes are as follows: (1) How rural library explore the community resources and to seek cooperation? (2) What types of community resources utilization? (3) What kinds of the benefits brought by integrating community resources to the rural library marketing? (4) What kind of difficulties will appear in the process of marketing? (5) How rural library respond to these problems? This study used case studies and interview as the research methodology. The interview objects are choosen from the rural libraries in Taipei and Ilan County, including Shenkeng, Wanli, sindian, Nanao, Ilan and Jhuangwei. The interviewer contains the rural library staff and the community members. For the community resources exploring, the rural library should have three priorities: (1) understanding the community resources fully, (2) managing public relations actively, (3) the cooperation among library and the community must be mutual beneficial. The type of community resources that rural libraries use can be divided into four categories:(1) culture Resources, (2) institutional resources, (3) human resources; (4) natural resources. The benefit which brings for the library including (1) the reading population growth; (2) establishes the characteristics of library; (3) increases the populace’s sympathy to the library. The benefit brings for the community includes (1) promotion the reading atmosphere; (2) provides the opportunity for populace to grow and study (3) impetus to community develops. The problems that the rural Library may faced in the process of marketing including (1) lack of resources, (2) the different perception between library and community, (3) political interference in professional, (4) lack of innovation and action. In order to solve these problems, rural libraries should (1) play important role to integrate community resource, (2) enhance interaction with the community, (3) promote government officer’s attention to the library. Finally, the suggestions for future development about the integrating community resources to the rural library marketing are as follow: (1), the reform of rural library system, let the library management follow the professional practice. (2) government should pay attention to the development of rural libraries continuously, and provide appropriate assistance, (3) rural libraries should establish its own mission, play important role in community development, (4) construct and integrate the community resources database, (5) strengthen the training of personnel to meet the real demand.

「社區總體營造」之基本理念，乃是希望透過社區居民的參與社區公共事務，引發社區意識達成社區生命共同體的認同感，重新建立人與人、人與環境的關係，以共同營造一個和諧的社區。 本研究採訪談法與調查法，選擇以九十三年度台灣地區營運績優之公共圖書館被評選為「卓越獎」之埔里鎮立圖書館，及評選為「特別獎」的台中縣神岡鄉立圖書館、台南縣歸仁鄉立圖書館、屏東縣長治鄉立圖書館、宜蘭縣壯圍鄉立圖書館等共五所「鄉鎮」圖書館，係假設該五所鄉鎮圖書館能於眾多鄉鎮圖書館中脫穎而出，必有值得學習之處，於是從這幾所圖書館著手瞭解其對圖書館參與社區總體營造之想法。問卷對象與受訪者包含：圖書館工作者、社區工作者和文史工作者，共計15人。 本研究目的旨在探討鄉鎮圖書館能在社區總體營造中扮演的角色、應有的責任及可發揮的功能。欲探討的研究問題：（一）鄉鎮圖書館推動社區總體營造的經驗為何？（二）鄉鎮圖書館從業人員對社區總體營造的想法為何？（三）社區工作者與文史工作者對於鄉鎮圖書館參與社區總體營造有何期望？（四）鄉鎮圖書館可以在社區總體營造中有哪些著力點？（五）鄉鎮圖書館服務與社區總體營造結合後可以有哪些具體作為？ 本研究就社區總體營造「造景」與「造產」的過程，及「造人」之目標，與本研究之社區工作者與文史工作者認為圖書館可以「扮演提供資訊與媒合角色」，及圖書館應該「對社區有更深的認識」，且需要「結合社區」等意見，將之與圖書館的「社區資訊服務」、「地方文獻服務」與「圖書館推廣服務」等服務項目融合，從中尋求圖書館與社區之間的關係，據研究結果歸納整理出鄉鎮圖書館參與社區總體營造之營運模式。 針對研究問題提出之研究結果為：（一）在社區總體營造施政政策未被提出之前，圖書館已經在做社區營造的工作了。部分圖書館更是積極參與「社區總體營造」施政計畫中之文化相關計畫，充分展現文化累積的活動力；（二）圖書館從業人員多瞭解到圖書館的服務應結合社區，針對民眾的需求設計服務內容，如能具備社區總體營造知能，更能落實圖書館各項服務於社區總體營造施政計畫中；（三）社區工作者與文史工作者認為圖書館的優劣和館員之服務熱忱有很大的關係，鼓勵圖書館人員對社區有更多的了解，認識社區更多的人；（四）鄉鎮圖書館可成為社區特色，創造閱讀氛圍，引導民眾走入書香世界，與民眾共同規劃與執行圖書館各項活動與服務共同推動改善家園環境之力量。圖書館可結合社區創造各種產業活動與服務，以活絡地方生機；（五）若能加強圖書館的「社區資訊服務」、「地方文獻服務」和「圖書館推廣服務」這三種服務項目，應可以引起社區的共鳴與重視。 最後為鄉鎮圖書館參與社區總體營造之未來發展提出下列建議策略：（一）圖書館應確認本身所扮演之角色，訂立明確的願景與任務；（二）圖書館從業人員應參與社區總體營造人才培訓，使自身擁有深入瞭解社區之能力；（三）圖書館成為社區總體營造人才發揮能力之舞台，使更多人願意投入參與公共事務；（四）圖書館成為社區資源中心，避免社區調查資料繼續散失。

本研究旨在分析並歸納出目前台灣地區鄉鎮圖書館的行政隸屬、組織、人力與經費的機制；瞭解各鄉鎮圖書館在人力及經費的需求與現狀之間的差距以及各鄉鎮圖書館期許的行政體制和實際狀況的差距，並針對目前台灣地區的鄉鎮圖書館行政體制提出建議，作為政府及相關單位在規畫全國圖書館事業時的參考。 為達成研究目的，首先收集國內外文獻，分析鄉鎮圖書館行政體制相關資料；並針對16縣309鄉鎮之337所鄉鎮圖書館，以分層隨機抽樣方式抽出155所鄉鎮圖書館進行問卷調查，以瞭解鄉鎮圖書館的行政體制現況、問題及其對行政隸屬模式的看法；最後以立意抽樣方式挑選台北縣、宜蘭縣與桃園縣的文化局圖書資訊課以及由文化局圖書資訊課所推薦縣內營運較有規模之鄉鎮圖書館，共計16所圖書館進行深度訪談。 研究結果發現，就制度面而言：鄉鎮圖書館的行政隸屬有三種情況、鄉鎮圖書館之發展仰賴鄉鎮（市）長之重視、公共圖書館輔導體系有責無權、鄉鎮圖書館之發展缺乏統籌規劃、行政隸屬模式需重新規劃、法規不合時宜，鄉鎮圖書館之編制缺乏擴充空間；就人力資源面而言：人員數量現況與需求的差距大，目前鄉鎮圖書館的編制遠低於圖書館實際運作之人力需求、鄉鎮圖書館的館員普遍缺乏專業訓練、鄉鎮圖書館之人員流動率偏高；就經費資源面而言：鄉鎮圖書館之經費現況與需求之間差距大、鄉鎮圖書館之經費來源仍以鄉鎮（市）公所為主。 本研究提出以下建議作為政府及相關單位在規畫全國圖書館事業時之參考。1.鄉鎮圖書館之行政及輔導機關合一。2.整體規劃公共圖書館事業之發展。3.重視鄉鎮圖書館人員遴用與專業訓練。4.落實圖書館法之專業領導之相關規定。5.重新檢討鄉鎮圖書館組織結構及人員編制。6.立法保障文化建設之基本預算比例。7.積極研擬公共圖書館營運基準。8.儘速修訂鄉鎮圖書館經營之相關法令。

公共圖書館中以鄉鎮圖書館和社區關係最為密切，並在社區中扮演重要的角色，對於社區整體發展，亦有舉足輕重的地位。然鄉鎮圖書館囿於有限的人力、經費與物力下，須與社區資源相結合，才能拓展圖書館本身之服務。本論文旨在了解國內外鄉鎮圖書館社區資源運用之具體成效，就苗栗縣三灣鄉圖書館為個案，深入探討其館務營運及社區資源運用情況及困境。 本研究採文獻分析法與深度訪法，參考國內外圖書館運用社區資源相關文獻，設計訪談大綱，並另蒐集93年度全省各縣市評鑑優良之十所鄉鎮圖書館與國外三所圖書館，對於其社區資源運用情況詳加分析。訪談對象為苗栗縣文化局圖書資訊課的課長、三灣鄉鄉長、鄉民代表主席、以瞭解地方行政首長對於社區圖書館發展之概念與參與熱誠，並訪談三灣鄉立圖書館館長，探析圖書館執掌者對於社區資源運用之概念、三灣鄉圖書館社區資源運用現況以及對於社區資源運用面臨之困境與展望，藉以建立鄉鎮圖書館社區資源運用之模式。 歸納研究結果重點如下：(一)鄉鎮圖書館對社區資源認識不足；(二)地方首長重視與否影響圖書館發展；(三)社區意識不足導致社區資源運用困難；(四)社區中缺乏資訊交流整合中心；(五)鄉鎮圖書館並未有系統的建立與保存社區資源。對研究結果提出建議如下：(一)延伸社區資源運用範圍；(二)多元化思考開創社區資源運用之可能性；(三)加強與地方首長的溝通；(四)鄉鎮圖書館彼此間建立社區資源網；(五)充實鄉鎮圖書館網站內容；(六)架構社區資源運用資料庫。 / Among the public libraries the rural libraries have the relationship between with the communities, and play an important role in the integrate development of the communities. But since the rural libraries have limited manpower, budgets and the material resources, they can only develop their libraries with the conglomeration the community resources. This thesis aims at understanding first the concrete effects of utilization and the takes the resources of communities by the rural libraries at home and abroad Sanwang Library at Miaoli County as a case study to probe into the present situation and at predicament it its library operations and community resources utilization. This research adopts the methods of literatures analyzing and in-depth interviews by consulting the relevant documents of the communities resources utilization by libraries at home and abroad. The interview outlines and designed .And details of the community resources utilization by the ten good-service rural libraries evaluated in 2004 and three foreign rural and collected for the in-depth analysis. This research as to the interviews, the interviewer include the chief of the information section of Miaoli County Library, and the head and chief preventative of Sanwang Town. The purposes are to find out local administrative leader’s concepts the community libraries development and their enthusiasm in the participation for such developments. There has been am in-depth interview to the director of Miaoli County Library for the about mentioned aim and analysis so as to find out a model for the communities resources utilization. The highlights of the research are as follows: 1.The rural libraries are in short of the knowledge about the community resource; 2.The concerns by the local government heads and councilors have great influence our the library development; 3.The local of communities consciousness leads to the difficult in the communities resources utilization ; 4.The community information interchange integration is not available; 5.There is no systematic establishment and preservation communities resources in the rural libraries. Therefore six suggestions are made as follows: 1.To extend the scope of the utilization of the community resources; 2.To consider though multiple approaches any possible ways of the communities resources utilization; 3.To strengthen the communication with the local government heads; 4.To establish the mutual community resource networks among rural libraries; 5.To enrich contents of the rural libraries websites; 6.To set the community resources utilization databases.

近年來，推廣終身學習與培養資訊素養日益受到重視，國內外政府均將推廣閱讀視為重要的課題。由於文化建設成果，台灣各鄉鎮普設圖書館，由於鄉鎮圖書館直接接觸鄉鎮居民，成為推廣閱讀活動第一線角色。 本論文旨在探討台灣地區鄉鎮圖書館推動閱讀活動之現況。首先就閱讀與閱讀活動之意涵、各國的閱讀活動與政策、圖書館推動閱讀的任務與功能、公共圖書館推廣閱讀活動之類型與策劃、台灣地區鄉鎮圖書館閱讀推廣之相關文獻進行研討，並簡要回顧台灣地區鄉鎮圖書館的設置起源與歷年來閱讀推廣活動的概況。 採用深度訪談法，以立意抽樣之方式選擇訪談對象，共計有台北縣深坑鄉立圖書館、南投縣埔里鎮立圖書館、台南縣歸仁鄉立圖書館、屏東縣長治鄉立圖書館等四所圖書館，藉由訪問承辦閱讀活動之鄉鎮圖書館員、閱讀活動中的帶領人、以及參與閱讀活動的讀者等，匯集多方的想法與建議，從圖書館所辦理閱讀活動的類型、內外資源的運用、所遭遇到的困難與問題、民眾參與的程度等面向，分析台灣地區鄉鎮圖書館閱讀推廣活動辦理概況，並探討其成功模式。 根據文獻與訪談結果，建議政府及圖書館上級主管機關應：1.訂定閱讀相關法案與政策；2.輔導鄉鎮圖書館推廣閱讀；3.利用全球性的閱讀節日加強宣導；4.加強應用網路資源推廣閱讀；5.鄉長應慎選熱心館長；6.加強閱讀培訓課程；7.出版閱讀推廣之策劃等相關出版品；8.辦理閱讀推廣有成的圖書館觀摩與交流活動，建議鄉鎮圖書館應：1.積極地舉辦閱讀推廣活動；2.結合教育單位與民間團體，善用社會資源共同推展閱讀；3.倡導愉悅的閱讀；4.利用獎勵推廣兒童閱讀；5.行銷館藏與推薦好書；6.加強購買新書以即時供應閱讀需求。 / In recent years, the promotion of lifelong learning and the training of information literacy have been bestowed a gradual increase in attention. Both local and international governments regard reading promotion as an important subject. Due to Taiwan’s elaborate cultural infrastructure, widespread rural libraries establish direct contacts with nearby residents, playing a major role in promoting reading activities. This thesis aims at exploring the situations of rural libraries’ reading promotion activities in Taiwan. This research discusses the following issues: the definitions of reading and reading activities, the different reading activity policies of various countries, the mission and function of public libraries in promoting reading activities along with the types of promotions and their planning, a discussion of relevant documents regarding the promotion of reading by rural libraries, and a brief review of the establishment of rural libraries and their general situations in reading promotion. The methods of this study are literature analysis and in-depth interview. Chosen through purposive sampling, interviewees include the Shenkeng Township Library of Taipei County, the Puli Township Library of Nantou County, the Gueiren Township Library of Tainan County, and the Changjr Township Library of Pingdong County. By interviewing the rural libraries that hold reading activities, their activity leaders, and activity participants, this thesis gathers different ideas and suggestions. Through rural libraries’ reading activity types, their application of internal and external resources, the difficulties and problems they confronted, and the participation level of local residents, this thesis analyzes the situation of the promotion of reading activities in Taiwan’s rural libraries’ and investigates their successful models. According to research results, this study suggests that the government and the authorities at the ministry of library: (1) institute relevant reading bills and policies; (2) guide and assist rural libraries in reading promotion; (3) utilize the international reading festival to establish recognition; (4) use the internet and the information & communications technology to promote; (5) select enthusiastic library directors by the head of the local government; (6)strengthen the training courses of reading promotions; (7)publish relevant publications on reading planning; (8) inspect and learn from outstanding libraries. This study suggests that rural libraries: (1)actively hold reading activities; (2)combine educational organization and community resources to promote reading conjointly; (3) advocate pleasure reading; (4)utilize rewards to promote children’s reading; (5) market library collections and recommend good books; (6) enhance new book purchases in order to immediately supply the demand of reading.

近年來我國致力於改善公共圖書館的資源與環境，希望能夠提供更好的服務給讀者，且提升公共圖書館的使用率，但從一些圖書館使用者的相關統計獲知，農業背景使用圖書館的比例皆不達百分之一。另外對於許多政策上的變革，增添農業推廣發展的難度，其中農業推廣人員，也因自認專業知識的不足，無法完善服務農民多變的需求，產生工作上的許多壓力。 基於以上的原因，且在農業推廣的體系中，家政推廣的內容較貼近於一般民眾，所以本研究針對家政推廣人員進行探討，瞭解其資訊需求，以及圖書館要如何提供良好的服務與館藏，吸引並協助家政推廣人員為主要的目的。 問卷調查的對象，以我國農會與漁會的家政推廣人員為主，分作資訊需求、閱讀習慣以及圖書館使用狀況三方面，根據問卷調查結果，發現到家政推廣人員，多基於工作上的需求，透過網際網路獲取所需資訊，所需的資訊內容也多與工作相關；最多家政推廣人員選擇閱讀的地點，是自家與工作的場所，閱讀資料的來源多是農漁會機構所提供，另外在每週閱讀的平均時數以及每年夠書金額，都高於我國國民平均。分析有使用圖書館習慣的家政推廣人員，大部分是平均每週去圖書館一次、一個月平均借書量為1-5本，鄉鎮圖書館是最多人使用的，使用圖書館的主要目是借還圖書，而一般圖書也是最多人使用的館藏，對於圖書館的最滿意的地方是地點設立的便利性，最不滿意的是圖書館的檢索系統。 依據問卷所得結果，提出鄉鎮圖書館改進的項目，以提升家政推廣人員的圖書館使用率，例如：改善開閉館時間、根據家政人員的推廣活動提供適當館藏、加強宣導圖書館服務項目、舉辦兒童教育與醫療保健相關的推廣活動、改善圖書館的檢索系統、與家政推廣人員合辦社區活動。並且建議我國能夠設立農業專門圖書館以及博物館、農業資訊服務中心應彙整網路資源以及農業推廣充電站可導入知識管理的技術，藉以提昇我國農業推廣的發展。 / In recent years, Taiwan government makes efforts to improve public libraries, and hopes to provide better services and environment to the readers for promoting library usage, but a number of library users studies showed that the users with agriculture background did not reach to 1%. Many policy changes make developments of agricultural extensions harder. Even some agricultural extension staffs feel lacking of professional knowledge to serve farmers, and that results in their pressure at agricultural extension work. Based on the above reasons, and the Home Economics’ services are closer to the general public’s life, so this study aimed at Home Economics Extension agents to explore and understand their information needs, and find out how to provide good library services and collections, in order to attract and assist in Home Economics Extension agents. The questionnaires survey aimed at the home economics extension agents in the framers’ association and fishers’ association. It includes three parts: information needs, reading habits and library usage. According to survey findings, the home economics extension agents would like to obtain the required information about working via the internet, most Home Economics workers prefer reading at home or the offices, and the most sources are from the farmers’ associations or fishers’ associations. Home economics extension agents’ average reading hours per week and spending on buying books every year are above the average of Taiwan populace. Analysis of the home economics extension agents with the habit of using libraries demonstrates that most of them go to the library once per week, every month borrow 1 to 5 books from the library, and primarily use the township libraries. They go to the libraries for the circulations as mainly goal, and feel most satisfied with the location of the library, and most dissatisfied with the library's OPAC system. Based on the results of the questionnaire, the township libraries could improve the following to attract and assist in Home Economics Extension agents: regulating the open hour, according to agents’ needs to provide adequate collections, enforcing marketing the services, conducting extension activities about education and health, improving the OPAC system, and organizing community activities with home economics extension agents. The study makes final suggestions to enhance the promotion of Taiwan's agricultural development as follows: establish the agricultural libraries and museums, agriculture science information center shall collect network resources about agriculture, and use knowledge management technology to manage agricultural resources in Council of Agriculture.