Opinion of Young Adults towards Extension Activities of Public Libraries in Karnataka: A Study

Abstract

Abstract
This paper examines the young adults opinion towards extension activities of public libraries in Karnataka, the purpose of the study is to know the demographic characteristics of young adult public library (YAPL) users and their opinion about the academic and cultural activities of public library. The structured questionnaire was designed and distributed randomly to 1680 users between 15 to 40 years of age out of which 1021 filled-in questionnaires were received representing 60.77%. The result of the survey shows that about 420(41.1%) respondents were between 21–25 year of age, nearly 775(77.6%) of users were male, majority scoring 825(83.4%) of young adults were unmarried and more number accounting 454(44.5%) of respondents visit the library daily. The chi-square value shows that there is significant difference are observed between the frequency of responses of young adults towards academic and cultural activities of public library, where majority of users were in disagreement side and they are not satisfied with extension activities of public libraries in Karnataka.

Keywords: Public lbrary, extension activity, young adults, opinion