“Deep”and“Shallow”Debate: Analysis of the Current Situation of Students’ Reading in University Library

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Based on the national citizen reading report data for the past three years, this article illustrates the “shallow reading” nowadays when reading is popular, and anlyzes its subjective and objective reasons. Then, it dialectically discusses the “deep” and “shallow” reading on the part of students inelite and nonelite universities, from three aspects including the polarization of reading, the non-academic reading and the disproportion of resource acquisition.

Key words: University library, The national reading survey, Shallow reading, Current reading situation

Liu Ting. “Deep”and“Shallow”Debate: Analysis of the Current Situation of Students’ Reading in University Library[J]. LIBRARY JOURNAL, 2015, 34(4): 74-77.

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