%0 Journal Article %T Turkish Public Libraries in the Process of Access to the European Union: A Quantitative Evaluation Avrupa Birli i S¨ırecinde T¨ırk Halk K¨ıt¨ıphaneleri: Nicel Bir De erlendirme %A B¨ılent Y£żlmaz %J T¨ırk K¨ıt¨ıphanecili£żi %D 2006 %I T¨ırk K¨ıt¨ıphaneciler Derne?i / Turkish Librarians' Association %X Turkey has officially started to the negotiation to access to the European Union with the decision of heads of states and prime ministers of EU countries on October 3, 2005. This means that a new stage has started for Turkey in the process of access to the EU. From now on, Turkish libraries will be evaluated under the subject heading of "Education and Culture ". In this study, Turkish public libraries are compared quantitatively with those of EU countries from a number of aspects including number of public libraries, collections, personnel, budgets, librarians, and use. As a result, it appears that public libraries in Turkey and EU countries are quite different. The difference between Turkey and EU rises especially on number of librarians and public library use. T¨ırkiye, AB devlet ve h¨ık¨ımet ba kanlar n n ald klar karar ile 3 Ekim 2005 tarihinde AB ile kat l m m¨ızakerelerine resmen ba lam t r. Bu, T¨ırkiye'nin Avrupa Birli i (AB)'ne kat l m s¨ıreci a s ndan yeni bir a ama anlam na gelmektedir. Bu a amadan itibaren T¨ırk halk k¨ıt¨ıphaneleri ilgili konu ba l (E itim ve K¨ılt¨ır) alt nda de erlendirilmeye ba lanacakt r. al mam zda, T¨ırk halk k¨ıt¨ıphaneleri k¨ıt¨ıphane say s , derme, personel, finansal olanaklar, k¨ıt¨ıphaneci, kullan m unsurlar a s ndan AB ¨ılkeleri ile niceliksel bir temelde kar la t r lm t r. Sonu ta, T¨ırkiye ile AB ¨ılkeleri aras nda halk k¨ıt¨ıphaneleri a s ndan ciddi farklar bulundu u anla lm t r. Bu fark zellikle k¨ıt¨ıphaneci personel ve halk k¨ıt¨ıphanesi kullan m nda artmaktad r. %K Halk k¨ıt¨ıphaneleri %K Avrupa Birli i %U http://tk.kutuphaneci.org.tr/index.php/tk/article/view/1996