CHARTS I. THE USE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES BY DIF- FERENT AGE GROUPS (CHILDREN AND ADULTS) 22 II. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WOULD OR MIGHT USE PROPOSED SERVICES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 8o III. TREND IN PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION FROM 1908 TO 1940, IN CITIES OF DIFFER- ENT SIZES, BY PER CAPITA CIRCULATION 89 IV. TRENDS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY REGISTRA- TION AND CIRCULATION, 1930—3§ 91 V. TREND OF PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION OF ADULT, FICTION AND NONFICTION, 1930=35 92 VI. TREND OF PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION IN ILLINOIS, 1938—47 : 93 VII. TREND IN PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION BY MONTH, 1946 93 VIII. TRENDIN ADULT CIRCULATION OF FICTION AND NONFICTION BY MONTH, FOR THREE REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARIES IN CHICAGO, 1947 . CONCENTRATION OF EXPOSURE TO MAJOR MASS MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION, BY THE ADULT POPULATION AS A WHOLE