摘要：In this paper, theses and articles on librarianship and information
management focusing on users are studied. Masters and PhD
theses along with articles published in the most important
periodicals of the field, Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği Bülteni (1952-
1986), Türk Kütüphaneciliği (1987-2006) and Bilgi Dünyası (2000-
2006), are examined. Some 42 out of 239 theses (17.57%) and
44 out of 1788 articles (2.4%) focused on users either directly or
indirectly. The majority of such theses (88%) were written after
1990. Content analysis of theses indicates that users have been
studied primarily in relation with an information center or system
(69%); academicians as a user group was studied most often;
survey as a research method was used in 83% of the theses; and,
the questionnaire was the most popular data gathering technique.
Although no articles emphasizing the users were published before
1971, a growing interest towards the users was detected in 1980s.
The number of articles published on the subject significantly
increased after 1990. Also, findings on articles indicate that
students were the most frequently surveyed user group (40%);
subjects such as information literacy and reading habits were
studied the most while surveys, questionnaires and interviews
were the most popular research methods and data collection
techniques.
关键词：Users, User studies-Turkey, Information World,
Journal of the Turkish Librarianship, Journal of the Turkish Library
Association.
