It follows from the Euro-Atlantic orientation of Hungary that the number of those with secondary and academic training must be doubled. The trend Is real, there is an increase. The state of affairs leads to the increase of the workload of lecturers, and the overloading of libraries meant to serve the students.
400 full time students of 8 higher education institutions were interviewed in the survey. There were questions related to the use of libraries, their reading culture, and values.
About one quarter of the students graduates without using a library except for the period of writing his/her thesis, The majority of students use the collection of their own institution; while 60% uses some public or special library as well. Libraries are used for their complementer features.
Students look for direct sources mainly; they find public libraries more friendly (i.e. helpful), and their basic criticism against the collections is that there are few copies, and few new acquisitions. They were less satisfied with the library of their mother institution than with public libraries. They prefer copying to taking notes, and consider interlibrary lending too slow.
The distribution of works read by students from the time, language, and content point' of view Is better than the national average, and the signs of commercialisation are less obvious. Traditional culture is also present.