提供適當的圖書給適當的讀者，一直是圖書館努力的目標。然而「適當」 的標準必須來自對讀者和出版品的分析，因此相關研究對圖書館學來說是基本而 重要的，而閱讀研究為其中一項重要課題。本研究旨在探討成人閱讀行為，以台 北市立圖書館永春分館讀者為研究對象，針對閱讀動機、閱讀興趣、選擇閱讀資 料考慮因素、閱讀資料來源與使用圖書館館藏情形等方面進行探討。

　　　　　Provide the proper reader with the proper material is the major goal of the library, andthe criteria for this must come from the analysis of readers and publications. Investigations ofreaders and of books are important and basic to librarianship, and that reading study is oneof the important fields. This article is aimed at explorating the adult reading in Yung-Chun Branch, TaipeiMunicipal Library with these aspects covering: reader's motives, reading interests, reader'schoice of reading matter, source of reading materials, and how they use library collection.