Libraries for the community – in New York

Abstract

At the beginning of April 2014 the author visited New York on a study tour. He wishes to share here his impressions and the experience gained in the institutions visited. He hopes that American ideas will inspire Hungarian colleagues, because the best practices analyzed in this article – which come from a different culture and a different economic background, but may mostly be adapted to Hungarian conditions – may be a catalyst for the development of Hungarian librarianship and for the modernization of its services.