47. évfolyam, 2001. 1. szám

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Ever since their foundation public libraries had been democratic institutions caring for the handicapped. We are living in an age of changes since the political reform. Due to the dramatic change of the economic and political environment, new forms of social deprivation have emerged: unemployment, homelessness, poorness and deviance. All groups of socially handicapped occur in libraries. The article deals primarily with those peripheral groups whose status decreased after the political change. Library provision for these groups has been dealt with to a lesser extent by the profession. Focusing on the present-day practice of libraries, based on her own experiences and interviews she tries to find the answer to the question what the social function of libraries really means, and what methods and tools are available for libraries by means of which the may contribute to the elimination of social handicaps.

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