Intended for use by reading researchers and specialists, this collection of abstracts provides details of research studies on reading and library use conducted in Hungary from 1960 to 1977. The 25 studies cover a variety of topics, including the following: readers' interests and library use habits, rural population and the library, changes in literary interests in the 1960s, reading and book acquiring habits of secondary school and university students, changes in library use habits in light of changes in information needs, the social environment of a public library, reading and intelligence, and problems of social science literature in public libraries. (FL)