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Method of Research
Respondents of the study
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Educational Attainment
d. Occupation
2. What are the benefits of Brgy Reading Center to the community it serves?
3. How effective is the barangay reading center?
Research Instrument
4. The researcher also suggests having a good quantity and quality of collection . Or somehow not in quantity but the qualities of its collection. The researchers suggest to have collections for adult pertaining to current events such as newspaper and other book related to their interest.
Data Gathering Procedure
1. Frequency and Percent Distribution
Statistical Treatment of Data
P=F/n x 100
where:
P= percentage
F= frequency observation
n=number of total sample
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R.A. 7743
2. Weighted Mean
X= fw/N
Where :
F= frequency
W= weight
N= Number
3.Likert Scale
The respondents of this study were residents of the said Barangay with the total population of approximately 800 families. 80 families or 10% of the total number of population in their barangay participated in the survey.
3. For the continuous services, the researchers suggest to hire a librarian or a volunteer that will supervised and consistently monitor the Barangay Reading Center.
4. Ranking
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Brewer,2015
Visperas, 2013
Stout, 2009
Hernandez, 2010
California State library,2009
Gapayao, 2012
National Library Singapore, (2007)
Legarda ,2010
FREEMAN 2014)
Cabanilla, 2013
The benefit that they can study well whenever they go to Barangay Reading Center got 5th rank with a weighted mean 3.5.
The benefit that the Reading Center motivates them to become aware of Libraries got 6th rank with a weighted mean of 3.49.
And the remaining respondent said that they’re not comfortable whenever they go in the Barangay Reading Center, that they still preferred to use internet than books and that it doesn’t meet their information needs. These 3 are the last ranking
The result showed that twenty-three (23) of 28.75% of the respondents were in the age of under 18yrs. Old, forty-one (41) or 51.25% were in the ages of 18-24, fifteen or 18.75% were in the ages of 25-64 and one (1) or 1.25% was in the ages of 65 and above
The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of
the Barangay Reading Center in Brgy.559, Zone 59, District 6, 4745 Peralta St. V.
Mapa, Manila.
2. Benefits of the barangay reading center
The findings shows that the benefits of helping them to realize how important books are and the benefit that it motivates them to read more books got the 1st rank with a weighted mean of 3.91.
The benefit that it improves their literacy got the 2nd rank with a weighted mean of 3.79.
With a weighted mean of 3.69, the benefit that it provides reference to their research works got the 3rd rank.
The benefit that helps them improve their learning knowledge got 4th rank with a weighted mean of 3.55.
2.) Gender
The most no. of respondents are female with a percentage of 56.25% and the least respondents are male with a percentage of 43.75%.
3.) Educational attainment
Majority of the respondent’s education attainment were College Level with the percentage of 46.25 % , and the minority of the respondents were Vocational course with the percentage of 5%.
1.2 Gender
Most of the respondents are female with a percentage of 56.25% or (45) and
male with a percentage of 43.75 or (35) thirty-five.
Effectiveness of having a barangay reading center in the community
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The strong factor of effectiveness of the Barangay Reading Center in the community is that there is an easy access of library for community with a weighted mean of 4.28 in the 1st rank,
and it provides their services in the community with a weighted mean of 4.24 ranked as 2nd .
Accuracy of materials is observed with a weighted mean of 3.88 ranked as 3rd.
The Barangay Reading Center is conducive to learning with a weighted mean of 3.85 ranked as 4th.
They are very accommodating to provide their services with a weighted mean of 3.79 ranked as 5th.
1.4 Occupation
Most of the respondents didn’t answer with forty – one (41) or 51.25%, self-employed with twenty (20) or 25%, government with eleven (11) or 13.75% and private with eight (8) or 10%.
There is a proper implementation of the Barangay Reading Center rules and regulation with a weighted mean 3.78 ranked as 6th.
The Barangay Reading Center provide collection that answers our queries with a weighted mean 3.51 ranked as 7th.
The collections are in good quantity and quality with a weighted mean of 3.41 ranked as 8th.
The library is open for 8hours and no break policy with a weighted mean of 3.4 ranked as 9th.
Facilities are enough to cater the users in the community with a weighted mean of3.28 ranked as 10th.
The grand mean as calculated is 3.74.
1.3 Educational Attainment
Most of the respondents are college level with thirty-seven (37) or 46.25% six(6) or 7.5% are in elementary level; twenty-four (24) or 30% are in High School level; four (4) or 5% and lastly nine (9) or 11.25% didn’t answer.
Age
The greatest no. of respondents were belong to the age bracket 18-24 years old with the percentage of 51.25 % , On the other hand the least no. of respondents belong to the age bracket 65 years old above
4.) Occupation
Majority of the respondents prefer not to answer the question pertaining to their occupation. For some respondents who answered, 13.75% were working in the government and 10% were working for private institution.
Specifically the researchers sought to determine (1) profile of the respondent
in terms of age, gender, educational attainment and occupation; (2) the benefits of
the Barangay Reading Center to the Community it serves; (3) the effectiveness of
the Barangay Reading Center.
Part I. Profile of the respondents
Jonos ,2009
Mirhosseini ,2004
Munez ,2006
Sin & Kim ,2008
Estigo’s ,2009
Forsyth ,2005
Viray ,2007
Enriquez ,2011
2. Benefits
The major benefits the Reading Center gives to the community it serves is that it helps them to realize how important books are and they were motivated to read more of its books. To strengthen their response pertaining to books, the respondents disagree on the statement that they prefer using internet than books.
3. Effectiveness
The variables/factors that makes the Brgy Reading Center effective is that is has an easy access in terms of its location and it provides other services like performing storytelling to young adults .
2. Based on the answers of the respondents when it comes to its service hour, the 8 hour service of the reading center is not enough to cater the community. One of the respondent’s reasons is that the reading center is not open always. The researchers recommend to strictly implement the 8 hour service with no noon break to cater all the users throughout the day.
1. Pertaining to its facilities, the researcher recommends to have more seating capacity that can cater atleast 10% of its population . That will be additional 70 more seats to its former seating capacity. Therefore, the barangay reading center should expand its physical plant or area.