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38 K. Šikonja, M. Petek: Reading Slovenian Novels in Selected Branches of Ljubljana City Library, 37–51 Library, 59 (2015) 1–2 Abstract Purpose: The article presents a research paper trying to identify the reasons for the assumption, widely accepted by Slovenian library profession that Slovenians do not read novels written by domestic authors. Methodology/approach: The research was conducted in 2014 in the Ljubljana City Library. A small sample of fifty adult users in five branches of Ljubljana City Library was selected. Data were gathered by semi-structured interview (questions were prepared in advance but could be tailored to the needs of the interview). Annual list of the most popular book titles was used. Results: Answers were classified in the following groups: (1) Problems of Slovenian novel (2) Insufficiently known (3) Foreign is better (4) Mandatory school reading lists (5) Other. Originality/practical implications: The research is the first attempt to thoroughly deal with the question of reading modern Slovenian novels in the region of Central Slovenia. Due to insuffi- cient sample size, the results could not be generalized and applied to the entire Slovenian popu- lation. However, they could represent a starting point for the planning of future library activities enhancing the reading of Slovenian literature in the region of Central Slovenia. Keywords: reading culture, Slovenian authors, adult users, Ljubljana City Library 1 Uvod Čeprav se v knjižničarski stroki in v medijih pogosto sliši trditev, da »Slovenci ne be- rejo del domačih avtorjev«, se je pri pregledu do sedaj opravljenih raziskav na podro- čju branja in bralne kulture izkazalo, da razlog za formiranje tega splošno veljavne- ga mnenja do sedaj v Sloveniji še ni bil načrtno in sistematično raziskan. Vprašanja o razlogih za nebranje slovenskih avtorjev so zato skozi desetletja ostajala odprta, kljub obsežnim starejšim raziskavam na področju slovenske bralne kulture, ki so bile opravljene v letih 1973, 1979, 1984 in 1998, 1 in najnovejši raziskavi z naslovom Bralna kultura in nakupovanje knjig v Republiki Sloveniji , ki je bila javno objavljena 4. sep- tembra 2014. Trditev, da »Slovenci ne berejo del domačih avtorjev«, potrjuje primerjava podatkov o številu vseh izposoj slovenskih in prevodnih romanov, ki so bili leta 2014 katalogi- zirani v sistemu COBISS in izposojeni prek avtomatizirane izposoje v slovenskih knji- žnicah. Čeprav obstaja bistvena razlika v skupnem številu vseh izposojenih naslovov 1 Raziskave so podale pretežno kvantitativne izsledke o tem, koliko je bralcev in koliko nebralcev glede na starost, spol, vrsto literature idr. Rezultati pa so izšli v publikacijah Knjiga in bralci , Knjiga in bralci II , Knjiga in bralci III , Knjiga in bralci IV .