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In this information age, with opportunities offered by information technologies, most of the information sources have moved to electronic environment and libraries have turned into digital libraries by serving their users in the web. In this context, library websites are the primary gateways for the users to access library information resources and services. The aim of this study is to examine university library websites in Turkey in accordance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and to reveal the current situation regarding their accessibility. In this study, which was designed as a descriptive study, WAVE tool was used to evaluate the accessibility of library websites of 183 universities in Turkey continuing their education activities within the 2020-2021 academic year. The key findings show that all university library websites have at least one accessibility error (maximum=123), the "empty link" is the most common accessibility error (n=160), and the majority of websites (93%) have at least one accessibility contrast error. In addition, 97% of library websites have some features that are not directly considered as errors but may negatively affect accessibility. Moreover, it is observed that some library websites do not have mobile compatibility, which also negatively affects website accessibility. This study is expected to be exemplary for other studies on web accessibility in the future, and to contribute to the plans and regulations for improving the accessibility of library websites in our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research, in different districts of the province of in levels of selected middle school students uses the library, in terms of different variables, a descriptive study evaluating. 6, 7 and 8 grade students' perspectives on the library, parent education level, the library of their choice on the type, frequency of library use, library use were examined according to the purpose. Form with personal information obtained from the data analysis was done with chi-square test using SPSS 11.5 software program. According to this research, levels of middle school students use the library according to parents' education has not changed, but the preferred type of library and reached the conclusion those changes according to the people directing students to use the library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, user satisfaction on public library services are taken as basis and analysed. User satisfaction research is analysed after informing about theoritical subjects. The purpose of this research is to determine the user satisfaction in terms of user, building, collection and staff, which are the structural elements of the services offered in public libraries. This research has been carried out via survey and the questions were applied on 90 users, each 30 of which were from Ankara Yenimahalle District Public Library, Cebeci Public Library and Oran Sevgi Yılı Public Library separately. After the survey was completed, the findings were evaluated by analysing the data, the results and suggestions were written. In view of the findings obtained from the survey, some titles have been found satisfactory by the users in terms of the services offered in the libraries, but some innovations about other titles have been expected to be carried out and the services have been expected to be developped. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visually impaired users of libraries and information centres have exactly the same rights of independent selection of reading material and also equal access of information as other users. The article is about the historical development of this special service in Turkey. Provement of this special service by assistive technological solution and information technology has removed the barriers to information access for his user group. In Turkey, in recent years, it has been observed that the Departments of Information and Documentation Management, National Library and university libraries are also successfully involved in this special service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Radon is the major part of the natural indoor radioactivity. It is important to determine the indoor radon concentration for calculating the exposed radiation doses due to radon inhalation. In this study, the radon concentrations were measured in 2008 summer term at Zonguldak Karaelmas University Central Library by using CR-39 passive nuclear track detectors which were located on 12 different points in the library. It was found that, the average radon concentration on the Central Library was 67.1 Bq/m3. It was recorded that a radon concentration value at the new study room on the ground-floor was higher than 400 Bq/m3, TAEK's lower limit value for indoors. This may be a health risk for the library users and especially for the staff. Therefore, necessary precautions that must be taken have been stated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the foundation and development of the Karadeniz Technical University Faik Ahmet Barutçu Library, Main explanations were about the collection structure, Library web page, technical and user services provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, theses and articles on librarianship and information management focusing on users are studied. Masters and PhD theses along with articles published in the most important periodicals of the field, Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği Bülteni (1952-1986), Türk Kütüphaneciliğ(1987-2006) and Bilgi Dünyası (2000-2006), are examined. Some 42 out of 239 theses (17.57%) and 44 out of 1788 articles (2.4%) focused on users either directly or indirectly. The majority of such theses (88%) were written after 1990. Content analysis of theses indicates that users have been studied primarily in relation with an information center or system (69%); academicians as a user group was studied most often; survey as a research method was used in 83% of the theses; and, the questionnaire was the most popular data gathering technique. Although no articles emphasizing the users were published before 1971, a growing interest towards the users was detected in 1980s. The number of articles published on the subject significantly increased after 1990. Also, findings on articles indicate that students were the most frequently surveyed user group (40%); subjects such as information literacy and reading habits were studied the most while surveys, questionnaires and interviews were the most popular research methods and data collection techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the research was to determine how the reading and library use habits were approached in 2004 primary school program, of which the implementation took place in the 2005-2006 school year. The empirical study was made by means of a survey of class teachers who worked in 5 state and 2 private elementary schools, all being located in the municipality of Ankara. In this context, data out of 118 questionnaires were collected from the teachers. Thus the teachers' views on primary school program in terms of reading and library use habits could be analyzed. The teachers shared overwhelmingly the opinion that the program did not handle the reading and library use habits properly and by means of a systematic approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The task of collection development of public libraries requires the fulfilment of a selection process. In this context, main characteristics of the collection of public libraries, assessment of the user's information needs, the selection process and its policy of implementation, and the related responsibilities of the professional librarians were examined. Finally, the selection process undertaken by public libraries in Turkey was examined, and certain suggestions were forwarded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]