Abstract
Since 1920s, public libraries of the United States have developed many services of educational nature. At its first stage, large public libraries organized readers' advisory service as the embodiment of library adult education. With the establishment of this service, public library intended to play an important role in adult self-education. On its own responsibility, library provided consulting and advisory service, supplemented by suitable books, to adults who wish to study alone rather than organized groups or classes. The readers' adviser, a specially qualified staff for reader guidance, gave unharried consultation and planned special reading program suited to each reader's needs and abilities.
This paper is intended to consider the possibilities of library assistance in serving the individual through the development of readers' advisory service in the 1920s.
