The evolution of readers' interests during the Great Patriotic War (on materials of Kuibyshev, Ulyanovsk, Penza and Saratov regions)

The article is devoted to the social-demographic structure of readers of the Middle Volga region in 1941-1945. During that period the studying of reader's demand was the important part of work of libraries and book shops. The librarians tried to satisfy the requirements of each reader's group as much as possible. The author analyses typical causes of the unsatisfied readers' demands in libraries and the book-selling organizations.