HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ READING HABITS – A USER STUDY OF THE STUDY L’ÉCOLE INTERNATIONALE, PUDUCHERRY, INDIA

This study is an attempt to identify high school students' reading and library use behaviour. This user study was conducted with 100 ninth and tenth graders of The Study L'école Internationale, Puducherry, India. It revealed that 88% students liked reading books but only 59 had the habit of borrowing the school library books. 45% of them preferred to buy their own books to read. Only a limited 29 accessed the subject references available in the library collection while others preferred reading literature for leisure. 84 out of 100 expressed satisfaction in being able to locate their desired genre of books from the library.