Readers and their reading trends in the British council library, Delhi

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">To find out the reading trends, of the readers of the British Council Library, Delhi, a survey was conducted taking the books borrowed during 28 January to 9 February 1980 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays as a sample. Results of the survey have been presented with tables & charts. The survey indicates that the Library is functioning on the right course and effectively, and the students are the largest single group of users. However, there is strong discontent among all categories of borrowers about the modern fiction collection. It has been concluded that the survey will be most helpful in the future book selection policy of the Library.</span>