...Evans Frank Wema; Jean Kabagambe Purpose This study examined the contribution of the public library in promoting reading culture among library users in Rwanda. Design/methodology/approach The study employed a case study research design, with a qualitative approach where data were collected...

... author observed pupils reading books under trees or in the book stores. Further, he observed pupil–teacher interactions during break time or lunch break as the pupils came to the teachers’ offices either to borrow reading materials or to return those already read. Observation notes were written down...

...Margy MacMillan; Allison MacKenzie Purpose The article aims to describe challenges undergraduate students face in using scholarly articles and a workshop on reading designed to address those challenges. It seeks to present a study of senior public relations students' use, attitudes and confidence...

...Amy Barker Joy   Court . Read To Succeed: Strategies to engage children and young people in reading for pleasure . London : Facet Publishing   2011 . 259 pp. , ISBN: 978 1 85604 747 0   £44.95, Paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Reading...

...Christina Banou; Petros A. Kostagiolas; Anna‐Maria Olenoglou Purpose Changing times call for a reading policy which should be high on the list of priorities of academic libraries. This paper aims to probe the reading behavioural patterns and perception of the students of the Ionian University...

...Paul Genoni Judith   Elkin , Briony   Train and Debbie   Denham . Reading and Reader Development: The Pleasure of Reading . London : Facet   2003 . 241 pp. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Reading Readers Public libraries Reading...

... librarians throughout the three years of the project, and the data collected have been invaluable in monitoring their personal and professional development. Public libraries Project management Reading Cultural change Literacy Project‐based work is becoming an increasingly important aspect...

..., as outlined and commented on in this book, will reaffirm what many already feel – that public libraries play an essential role in reading and literacy development in children of all ages. Hopefully, it will encourage children’s librarians to employ formal performance measures and futuristic thinking...

...John Allred The researchers met their objectives through a literature survey, a national questionnaire to public libraries and in‐depth interviews, though not with any readers. They claim it is “the first major study of reading promotion for adult readers in the UK”. They have certainly produced...

...Carolyn Stopforth Describes the efforts of Information Services staff at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, to obtain course reading lists. The response rate of 66.35 per cent for initial return of forms was very encouraging and this success can partly be attributed to the singular...