Studies on Research in Reading and Libraries: Approaches and Results from Several Countries

Contents:
Methods in reading research / Robert Escarpit
Theoretical and methodological problems of research on reading habits : remarks, proposals, postulates / Janusz Ankudowicz
Problems connected with the issue of reading competence : perspectives on the reading public typology / Andrzej Robert Zieliński
The model of studies on the history of readership / Janusz Kostecki
Books and mass media : competition and interaction / Valeria Stelmach
Adult reading habits / Martin Kling
Changes in reading habits and library use in Hungary / Ferenc Gereben
The structure of Hungarian library users' literary experience / Zoltán Balogh and István Kamarás
Reading in India : issues for research / Surendra P. Agrawal
Some reading research in Australia in the 1980's / Edward R. Reid-Smith
The study of reading activity in the context of Australian libraries / Geoffrey G. Allen and F.C. Andrew Exon.Sociologie de la lecture et des usages en bibliothèque : quelques recherches récentes en France / Martine Poulain
Die Schriftreform in der Türkei und ihre kulturellen Folgen / Meral Alpay
How constant are the readers? / Bryan Luckham
Libraries and communication : the library and book in relation to other media of communication / Robert C. Usherwood
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 / Pertti Vakkari.