open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/2115.99292

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/99292

Does an Exhibition at a Bookstore and Public Libraries Increase Viewersʼ Familiarity with Research and Researchers? : A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of a Book Fair in Collaboration with a Local Community

日本語

academic book

2026-03

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 オープンエデュケーションセンター 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門（CoSTEP）

Japanese Journal of Science Communication

38

59-74

16

Research institutes often engage in exhibitions of books as science communication. These exhibitions can disseminate research activities and researchersʼ personalities through books, which are familiar to general citizens. Thus, book exhibitions are expected to help citizens become more familiar with research and researchers. However, only a few studies have investigated the impact of book exhibitions. Using a questionnaire survey, we examined whether an exhibition consisting of researchersʼ books, recommended books, and posters to introduce researchers has an impact on citizensʼ perceived familiarity with research and researchers. In total, we collected 38 responses from three venues. Approximately 60 percent of respondents indicated that the exhibition helped them become more familiar with research and researchers. About 90 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not know about the exhibition beforehand and found it at the venue incidentally. We could not identify the effects of the book exhibition for three reasons: 1) we did not distinguish between a variety of books, such as academic ones and comics; 2) the poster exhibition included information irrelevant to books; and 3) only a small number of visitors answered the questionnaire. In this note, we report preliminary data, which will feed into future similar exhibitions.

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1881-8390

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