Studies on research in reading and libraries : : Approaches and results from several countries / / ed. by Paul Kaegbein, Peter Vodosek, Peter Zahn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Library Information Science 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Agrawal, Surendra P.,; Allen, Geoffrey G.,; Alpay, Meral,; Ankudowicz, Januaz,; Balogh, Zoltán,; Escarpit, Robert,; Exon, F. C. Andrew,; Gereben, Ferenc,; Kamarás, István,; Kling, Martin,; Koatecki, Janusz,; Luckham, Bryan,; Poulain, Martine,; Reid-Smith, Edward R.,; Stelmach, Valeria,; Usherwood, Robert C.,; Vakkari, Pertti,; Zielihski, Andrzej Robert,
• HerausgeberIn: Kaegbein, Paul,; Vodosek, Peter,; Zahn, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2017]; K.G. Saur, , [1991]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2017; 1991
• Edition: Reprint 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Beiträge zur Bibliothekstheorie und Bibliotheksgeschichte , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 284 p.)

Table of Contents

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