學校圖書館在教育上的重要性為學術界所肯定，但國中圖書館在人力與經費上都顯不足，使用的情形也不理想，國中生是否因為升學壓力而不使用圖書館？抑或有其它因素？本研究主要以七、八年級為主，探討影響國中生使用學校圖書館的因素，及其使用原因或目的，以此了解學校圖書館是否發揮功能，及作為改善服務之參考。研究採用問卷調查法，將參與者分為使用與不使用圖書館二部分，分別加以統計，結果取得如下： 一、 未使用學校圖書館的國中生，多數閱讀課外書時數較少，受課業因素影響不高。 二、 國中生不使用學校圖書館的原因，以沒有時間為主，其次為距離、有其它閱讀來源等因素。 三、 使用學校圖書館的國中生，比例上以七年級女生最多，較喜好課外閱讀，學業成績中上者居多數。 四、 使用學校圖書館的國中生，使用主因喜歡看課外書，且到圖書館主要為了借還書。 五、 對於愛好閱讀者，距離影響使用圖書館的因素不高。 六、 學校圖書館具備自我學習、閱讀、休閒、群體觀念等基本功能。 七、 男女生在使用學校圖書館的功能上有所不同，男生較傾向於休閒，女生則以閱讀學習為主。 針對以上研究結果，對於學校圖書館提出以下幾點建議： 一、 隨時提供圖書館訊息，讓學生了解並熟悉圖書館，提醒其前來使用。 二、 學習與休閒並進的館藏發展政策。 三、 彈性與可親近的空間規畫。 四、 設備安排合理，滿足學生實際需求。 五、 圖書館應主動辦理相關推廣活動，方便學生就近閱讀好書。 六、 班訪活動有辦理的必要性。 The academic community confirms that the school library plays an important part in education. But in junior high schools, it is lack of human sources and budget in Taiwan. Besides, most of the students seldom use the school library. Is it because students have to spend most of their time on their studying, doing homework, or preparing for the high school entrance exam? The purpose of this research is to find out why students use or don’t use the school library by using the questionnaires. Furthermore, try to understand what functions the school library could supply and improve the services to the students. The conclusions are: 1. The junior high school students who don’t use the library seldom spend time reading. It isn’t affected by their studies. 2. The first reason why students don’t use the school library is that they don’t have much free time. The second one is that it is too far from their classroom to the library. The third one is that they have other reading resources. 3. Most of the students that often use the library are the 7th graders. They like reading and their academic achievement is better than average. 4. The reason why students like going to the library is that they like reading, and they can check in and check out the books from the library. 5. The school library can provide many functions, such as self-learning, reading, leisure, cooperation, etc. 6. Boy students and girl students are different in choosing their reading. Boys like to read something about leisure, but girls want to read and learn. The suggestions are: 1. Let the students understand and be familiar with the library, and remind them to go to the school library as often as they can. 2. The developme nt policy of collection must cover learning and leisure materials. 3. The space design must be flexible and friendly. 4. Provide reasonable facilities to meet students’ real needs. 5. Arrange all kinds of activities to make students willingly enter the library and enjoy reading good books. 6. The activity of visiting the school library is necessary for every class and every student.
