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