Charles A. Metzner - Böcker

This short book presents the findings of a survey on the use of public libraries. The survey was conducted by the Social Science Research Council in 1947 under the auspices of the American Library Association, and conducted. Chapters cover materials housed in libraries, demographic findings on who uses libraries, and data on why patrons use libraries. The final chapter covers more speculative questions posed to the subjects of the study on new, extended services that libraries might offer in the future.

This is Volume 2 of a study of people, reactions, and information, based on a sample interview survey in comparable communities with and without major atomic energy activities. The study was conducted under contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission. This volume presents a detailed analysis of individual and group differences in information, attitudes, and opinions, in contrast to the community correlates. The study should be of interest to social scientists as a snapshot of a social process that had only recently begun.

This is Volume 1 of a study of people, reactions, and information, based on a sample interview survey in comparable communities with and without major atomic energy activities. The study was conducted under contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission. This volume presents aspects of data obtained from a survey of public reactions and information dealing with peacetime uses of atomic energy. Research methods and study objectives are also discussed, and the book includes an appendix containing the questionnaire used in the study.