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.