37. évfolyam, 1991. 2. szám

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The libraries of teachers' training colleges in the light of the guidelines about the operation of academic libraries.

TÓTH Gyula - TÓTHNÉ KIRÁLY Katalin

The essay was written as part of the research project supported by the Ministry of Culture and Education “The library model and co-operation of teachers' training colleges”. It states about the library-political role of the guidelines that they are of model value and facilitate local decisions, thus can play an important role in the future too. In the course of research the state of the art of 22 libraries (of teachers' and kindergarten teachers' training colleges) were studied and compared to the standards set by the guidelines about the operation of academic libraries. Although there was some improvement in the libraries in question in the five years studied, their image as a whole is rather heterogeneous. Most of the libraries of teachers' training colleges are not up to the standards (which, however, are modest if we compare them to international ones). The disadvantaged situation of college libraries may hinder the development of higher education (i.e. of teachers' training). Finally the study calls attention to some lessons related to model-making. (pp. 210-218)

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