本研究採取質性的自然探究法，並以詮釋現象學為取向，民族誌學為主要研究方法，進入臺大BBS Books版愛書人的閱讀世界，獲知愛書人的閱讀經驗，並進一步了解愛書人的閱讀行為。本文旨在報告此一研究的部份結果，即愛書人的找書策略及影響選書之因素，結果發現愛書人找書的策略呈多元面向，包括書籍、作家與讀者三大要素；除了個人喜好與書籍外觀之外，愛書人讀物的選擇還受當時情境、人際網絡與大眾媒體的影響，倚重信賴來源的推薦以及瀏覽帶來的意外發現。最後，研究者除了就資訊系統設計以及資訊服務提供予以建議之外，並提出慣習性資訊行為研究的重要。

This paper presents the partial results of an empirical study, exploring the readers' experience on reading for pleasure. The authors report the book finding and selection strategies and their influential factors. Content analysis was applied to the data collected from about 5000 articles posted on the Books Section of the BBS of the National Taiwan University by the end of May, 2001. Using an ethnographic approach, the researcher also observed and participated as a member of the Books Section virtual community on the NTU BBS and interviewed via online talk with 30 subjects who are also the members of the community. Grounded theory method was used to analyze the interview data and related correspondences between the subject and the researcher. This paper
reports the research results and discusses the implication of the findings.