Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze students’ school library use factors and purposes and to suggest ways to stimulate school library use. For this purpose, essays freely written by university students in the Department of Library and Information Science about the school library were analyzed and divided into personal factors, school library factors, use factors, and non-use factors. Comments on school library facilities, collections, school librarians, and programs were presented to promote school library use. In addition, it was suggested that the school library serve as a rest area, reflect student preference for comic books and genre novels, and strengthen club activities.