Abstract

This research paper reports the findings of a grounded theory analysis of undergraduate perceptions of academic libraries serving their university community. The qualitative researchers employed long interviews to interview forty-one participants at various stages in their undergraduate career in order to determine how they perceive the academic library as an institution. Three theoretical categories emerged from the data analysis: (1) Constructing the Academic Library as Geographic Space, (2) Constructing the Academic Library as Idea, and (3) Constructing the Library Worker. The researchers found that participants may simultaneously view the academic library as physical geography and idealistic abstraction, and that the physical navigation of the library may remain hindered despite normative perceptions of the academic library.

摘要

本研究论文报告了对本科生对为大学社区服务的学术图书馆的看法的扎根理论分析的结果。定性研究人员采用长时间访谈对 41 名处于本科生涯不同阶段的参与者进行访谈，以确定他们如何将学术图书馆视为一个机构。数据分析中出现了三个理论范畴：（1）将高校图书馆构建为地理空间，（2）将高校图书馆构建为理念，以及（3）构建图书馆工作者. 研究人员发现，参与者可能同时将学术图书馆视为自然地理和理想主义的抽象，尽管对学术图书馆有规范的看法，但图书馆的物理导航可能仍然受到阻碍。