Thesis (MA)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2009. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Amy Thomas. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-204).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-204).

Thesis--Western Michigan University. / Microfilm copy (positive) of typescript. Collation of the original: v, 130ℓ. Includes bibliographical references.

Library literature and educational writings appraising school libraries imply that if qualitative and quantitative standards of school libraries were sufficiently high, the students would be proficient in the knowledge, of the use, of books and libraries. No evidence, however, is presented to support this assumption. The lack of empirical evidence prompted the present study as an attempt to discover if a positive correlation does exist between qualitative and quantitative standards of school libraries and the students’ knowledge of the use of hooks and libraries. The instrument used to ascertain the qualitative and quantitative standards of nine senior secondary schools in three British Columbia school districts was a closed-question interview questionnaire consisting of four major divisions. The results of the questionnaire were tabulated as numerical scores and placed in rank order for each of the four major divisions and for the total. Two hundred seventy-eight students in nine senior secondary schools were tested under standard procedures using the test A Library Orientation Test for College Freshmen. Intact groups of English 40 or English 91 students were tested in each of the nine schools. Test score results were tabulated for each part of the nine sub-tests for the test as a whole. Means of the results for each of the nine parts of the test were tabulated by school and placed in rank order. Correlations between mean score ranks and interview questionnaire score ranks were computed for each of the nine sub-tests and, the total test. In this study it was found that generally a low positive rank correlation exists. The correlation did not depart significantly from zero. It is suggested that, further studies be conducted, to isolate and to control variables which may have a bearing on the relationship between qualitative and quantitative standards of school libraries and the students' knowledge of the use of hooks and libraries. / Education, Faculty of / Graduate

The purpose of this two years master´s thesis in Archive, Library and Information Museum science is to examine the ideas about children and childhood which have an influence on the storytime at public libraries. The material on which this thesis is based, is a methodbook which is aimed to develop the storytimes and those picture books that are recommend in the methodbook. The theoretical points of departure are discourse analysis and childhood sociology. The concepts of being and becoming are frequently used when analyzing the methodbook. Other theoretical points of departure are the combination of narratologi, semiotics and hermeneutics, which are also used when analyzing the picture books. The result indicates that the storytime, recommended in the methodbook, is based on the idea of a timeless culture of childhood - where the "modern child" including the media used today - is left out. Concepts as nostalgia and pedagogy are tightly connected. The childhood as it appears in the storytime is a locked pedagogical room.

The purpose of this master thesis is to study the correlation and meaning of current ideas and practice at the public library of Gothenburg. This was done by comparing the visions and ideas expressed by the library through the library plan, with how the daily practice looks. For the theoretical framework organizational theory is used and research data was collected both from public documents and through observations. The public library of Gothenburg were chosen for the study because of it's newly renovated facilities. The idea is that these facilities make a suitable study object of the current ideas and priorities of the public Swedish library in general.The results show that the public library practice in Sweden still rests on the original public library ideas such as offering information for free and treating every user as equal. It also shows the importance of legitimizing new activities by relating them to more familiar ingredients. When developing the organization it's critical for the library to remain recognizable as a public library to avoid damaging the brand name. The new facilities of the public library of Gothenburg do well to correspond to the ideas and visions expressed in the library plan. Generous opening hours and accessible facilities seem to help in attracting many visitors. Some questions are raised regardning the lack of dedicated reading rooms, when it is stated by the library that the meeting between the user and the information still should be regarded as the central aspect of the library practice. Room for improvment is also seen regarding the ambition of offering more ways of communication and participation. On the whole the realization of the library plan is deemed to be well on it's way, which is seen as a positive example of the much debated usefulness of the library plans. However, it is also noted in the study how some of the wide ambitions sometimes risks conflicting with each other.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 3, 2008) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Columbia University. / Bibliography: leaves 138-141.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-307).