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The Evaluation of the Possibility of Offering the Vocational Senior High School Library for Community Use. Chen, Hsiang-Yun Director of Library, Yuan-Lin Agriculture and Industrial Vocational Senior High School.
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The Evaluation of the Possibility of Offering the Vocational Senior High School Library for Community Use Chen, Hsiang-Yun Director of Library, Yuan-Lin Agriculture and Industrial Vocational Senior High School
Opening school libraries of vocational senior high school to community people. Role of school libraries of vocational senior high school • School libraries • Public libraries • Specialized libraries
Gain more social resources (ie. money, manpower) Sustain the existence of the school Attract more students to enroll in the school Find needed information More specialized books available Extended service through cooperative relations with universities, high schools and government research facilities. What can be gained by opening For community populace For school
The implementing points of opening • Security and theftprevention • Establish a library foundation • Establish an organization like “Friend of the Library” • Ask for volunteers
Research about the library opening of Yuan-Lin Agriculture and Industrial Vocational Senior High School • Located in Chang-Hua County, which is famous for agriculture • Many agriculturedepartments • More agriculture books than the public library • Many students' parents are engaged in work about agriculture.
Yuan-Lin Agriculture and Industrial Vocational Senior High School • More than 1000 people go to the school to take a walk everyday • Community members take part in our faculty & staff reading club • ID trade system for campus visitors
The results of a questionnaire about the school library opening to community members student School faculty & staff Students Community members
Merits derived from opening • Plays the roles of school library, public library and specialized library • Keeps good relations with the community • Promotes the reputation of the school
Merits derived from opening • Creates an up-and-up opportunity for the library • Solves the problem of the library with insufficient manpower • Reduces costs • Creates an opportunity for participation by the community
Farm Families in Chang-Hua County (End of 2003) 335,796 Percentage of Farm Families: 27.6﹪ 92,660
Rice & vegetables Rice Vegetables
Fruits & Flowers Flowers Fruit
Before Yuan-Lin Agriculture and Industrial Vocational Senior High School circa 1945
Community people like to come to the school, even the birds. I like it here.
The reading club He is 74 years old.