The purpose of this research was to isolate the variable giftedness in a pipulation and determine whether that variable could be used as a predictor of public library use. The analysis of data indicated that public library use was higher for the general public than for the gifted adults. There was less variation among the factors of age, level of education, and public library use for the gifted adults than for the general public. Books as a resource for information were mentioned by the general adults public more frequently than by the gifted adults. Friends were listed more often as an information resource by the gifted population than by the public. Gifted adults both read and owned more books than did the general public. There was no correlation between amount of reading and number of library visits in either sample. 35 of the general public has a Library Usage Index Value of less than 4, 97 of the gifted adults did. There was almost no difference between the first ten information sources listen by both samples.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935588 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Foudray, Rita Catherine Schoch |
| Contributors | Totten, Herman L., Howden, Norman, Cveljo, Katherine, Thibodeaux, Mary Shepherd |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 115 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Foudray, Rita Catherine Schoch, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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