Rózsa György (szerk.): The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1826–1976.
II. The work and use of the Library - Acquisitions policy, international exchange, holdings
II I. THE WORK AND USE OF THE LIBRARY The Library of the Academy is a specialized research library of nation-wide level. In the first place it is at the disposal of scholars and scientists doing research work within or without the framework of the Academy. Its use is free.* Acquisition policy, international exchange, holdings After the reorganization of the Academy the instruction of 1953 by the Academy's Presidium and the orders of 1958 and 1968 by the Minister of Education dealt with the scope of collection of the Library within the framework of the nation-wide library system. The orders paid regard to the traditionally developed scope of collection, the objectives of the Academy's science policy, and last but not least to its place in the national library system. In compliance with these tasks the scope of the Library includes: 1. literature of marxism-leninism; 2. publications of foreign academies of sciences and literature relating to their activities; 3. literature concerning science policy, organization and planning of scientific research and the related subject fields; 4. standard works on social and natural sciences (including those on science history) and general, bibliographical and reference works; 5. as a specialized research library, it acquires, on a nation-wide scale, the literature on the following subjects: a) ancient history and classical philology; b) literary scholarship (comprising history of world literature and works of contemporary writers of world literature); c) oriental studies; d) all branches of linguistics. •Opening hours: on Mondays-Fridays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
