Paul Kaegbein & Peter Vodosek 
Studies on research in reading and libraries [PDF ebook] 
Approaches and results from several countries

Frontmatter — Contents — Preface — I. Theoretical problems — Methods in reading research — Theoretical and methodological problems of research on reading habits. Remarks, proposals, postulates — Problems connected with the issue of reading competence. Perspectives of the reading public typology — The model of studies on the history of readership — II. General experiences at national level — Books and mass media. Competition and interaction — Adult reading habits — Changes in reading habits and library use in Hungary — The structure of Hungarian library users’ literary experience — Reading in India. Issues for research — Some reading research in Australia in the 1980’s — The study of reading activity in the context of Australian libraries — Sociologie de la lecture et des usages en bibliothèque. Quelques recherches récentes — Die Schriftreform in der Türkei und ihre kulturellen Folgen — III. Public library problems — How constant are the readers? — Libraries and communication. The library and book in relation to other media of communication — Social structure, book reading and the function of public libraries. Effects of selectivity of social structure on the quality and quantity of book reading and the use of public libraries — Addresses of authors — Backmatter