Study of Public Libraries’ Impact on the Cultural Development of Less Developed Areas and Urban Margins of Bam City

The purpose of this study is to study the impact of public libraries on the cultural development of less developed areas and urban margin of Bam city.

The research method is descriptive and causal research method. The statistical population of this research is members of public libraries of less developed areas and urban margins of Bam city, according to statistics obtained from Kerman Public Libraries General Directorate, the total population of libraries are 3631 persons. Based on Morgan table 180 persons are selected by cluster random sampling method. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire included two-point Likert- type cultural development indices. The coefficient alpha of the questionnaires was 0.86. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and SPSS 23 software was used for data analysis.

Based on the obtained results and considering the calculated significance level (p = 0.05), it was found that there is a significant difference between cultural and art education items, cultural identity, generalization of library culture and per capita increase. The study of cultural exchanges over the middle has shown the impact of the public libraries of less developed areas and the urban margins of Bam on cultural development properties. Given the values found, members of the public libraries underestimate the generalization of reading culture, so the need for further study and the attention of experts and planners to make better decisions in the institution has been felt. The mean values for cultural identity items also indicated that members of public libraries found it more effective to enhance cultural identity than other items.