Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the bibliographic formation change process and to review the contents cited in the library and information science textbook characteristics targeting ‘How to Read a Book’ written by Adler and Doren. This book is a classic that introduces how to read, and it is characterized by dividing the reading method according to the level. As for ‘How to Read a Book’, the level of reading was divided into four levels, elementary reading-inspectional reading-analytical reading-syntopical reading. The level of reading moves on to the next level only when the previous level is completed. This cumulative relationship does not appear only in one direction, but can be divided into two directions depending on the conditions of reading the book. After reaching the level of elementary reading, when reading one book, it develops into the ‘inspectional reading-analytical reading’ or When reading the subject in an integrated manner, it develops into the ‘inspectional reading’-syntopical reading’. Syntopical reading, the highest level of reading, should be divided into an integrated way to read ‘great books’ using the Syntopicon and syntopical reading is an integrated way to read several different books on a single same topic. The original text distinguishes these two types using upper and lower case letters. However, the translation text does not distinguish between these two types and uses the same term. It is necessary to discuss the definition of syntopical reading again through follow-up studies.