Studying of readers’ preferences of the inhabitants of Donbass
Studying of readers’ preferences of the inhabitants of Donbass The article is devoted to studying the repertoire of reading in the libraries of the republic, to the detection of features of reader’s interests and preferences for different groups of library users. It presents the experience of foreign and domestic researches of reading and of the book. In America, the study of reading is conducted by such authoritative services as the Book Industry Study Group company, Reading Watch Observatory. Modern data on the reading of Europeans is collected by EUROSTAT - the organization of the United Europe. Among the domestic authors who studied the problems of reading research were N. A. Rubakin, S. N. Plotnikov, N. A. Seliverstova, I. A. Shomrakova, A. A. Belovitskaya, I. A. Butenko, B. V. Biryukov, and Yu. M. Melentieva. The article will be of interest for library workers, sociologists as well as for a wide range of readers.