| This study was designed to explore public librarians' awareness, interest, and practices related to environmental design in children's libraries. A self report questionnaire was developed to determine librarians' interest, establish an information base, and identify areas for future research and methods for conveying environmental design information to children's librarians. The survey was mailed to a stratified, random sample of 197 librarians working in children's services in Michigan. Librarians were asked about their education, design knowledge and interest, and the design practices. Descriptive statistics, the chi square test of association, and point biserial correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data of 124 returned questionnaires. Findings indicate that librarians are interested in this topic and that participation in design workshops may affect librarians' awareness and knowledge. Significant relationships were found between library science education and librarians' information sources and interest in using environmental design research data. Recommendations for future actions and research are made. |
