Challenge of the 21. century for the libraries

ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁRORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁRE-SZOLGÁLTATÁSI IGAZGATÓSÁG

BIBLIOTHECA NATIONALIS HUNGARIAE

Challenge of the 21. century for Challenge of the 21. century for the librariesthe libraries


Hungarian Libraries in 2011Hungarian Libraries in 2011

1. All libraries: 3 6322. All enrolled reader: 2 370 0003. All visitors: 26 316 0004. Used documents: 61 219 000

04/12/23 Országos Széchényi Könyvtár – E-szolgáltatási Igazgatóság 2


The beginning

• 1986. IIF - HUNGARNEThttp://www.niif.hu/en

• The National Information Infrastructure Development (NIIF) Program serves as a framework for the development and operation of the research network in Hungary. The Program covers the entire Hungarian academic, research and public collection community.(Like the CERNET - The China Education and Research Network)

• Members: universities, scientific institutions, libraries, archives


The beginning• Main services:

– E-mail from 1989. – communications, mailing lists– library OPACs from 1989. (e.g. national library,

university libraries)– Personal computers in the libraries– Support of the library automatization


Libraries, network, cooperation

• 1997. The Hungarian National Shared Catalogue (MOKKA)– http://www.mokka.hu/en/web/guest/home

• 2000. The location database of the National Document Delivery System (ODR)– http://www.odrportal.hu/web/guest/home

• The two database unified in 2011 and included journal articels too.


Digital documents, digital libraries, e-books, future?

• 2000. More digitisations projects in libraries, e.g. OSZK (NSL) Corvina – Virtual reconstruction of King Matthias' Library

http://www.corvina.oszk.hu/

• Virtual Exhibitions, e.g.– Fascinated by the Orient : Aurel Stein 1862-1943

http://stein.mtak.hu/index-zh.html



• Digital preservation in the National Library (NSL)– Hungarian Electronic Library from 1994.

http://mek.oszk.hu/indexeng.phtml – Collects, preserves and provides free of charge Hungary

related digital material in all fields of science and art.– The range of sources are rather wide: e.g original Internet-

sources, publishing houses and authors, scientific institutions, universities, volunteer digitisers.

– Audiobooks from Associations from Blinds and from other sources



• Digital books e.g.– From publisher

Liget Műhely Alapítvány,Miklós Pál : Tus és ecset (Ink and Brush) Cultural history studies about Chinahttp://mek.oszk.hu/11000/11064

– From authorArnold Éva : hutong fotóalbumhttp://mek.oszk.hu/03300/03325



• The National Electronic Periodicals Archive and Databasehttp://epa.oszk.hu

• EPA is a bibliographic database that collects, archives and makes available Hungarian and Hungary-related electronic or digitised periodicals available freely on the Internet or on the servers of state-funded academic or scientific institutions and libraries.



• We are participate in the „Union for the e-books”• We are searching the way and possibilities of lending

e-books in libraries.• We are participate in some European Union projects

e.g. in Europeana, European Digital Library to show more about our culture and history to the world.

• We are searching the ways of libraries in the new information world. We hope we will have place in it :-?


Thank you for your attention!

István Moldován

Depapartment of the E-library Services

[email protected]