AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1960. Budapest (1962)

IV. Könyvtár- és művelődéstörténeti tanulmányok - Summaries

of approximately 20%, it would, however, involve the grave task of having to separate the entire stock according to size and amend all existing records. The author of the study counsels that the new periodicals stacks and capacity needs in the Library's new quarters should be most carefully planned, in accordance with the special prevailing requirements. The large folio sizes require broad shelves and allow less tiers one above the other, than the rest of the material of smaller format. Taking these factors into account, the following storage space should be reckoned with: for large folio periodicals 172,5 m

2

, for folio sizes 535,5 m

2

, for quarto and octavo volumes 414 m

2

, which means that including the current material, a storage area of altogether 1300 m

2 capacity should be reserved for periodicals and newspapers. A growth in the stock of the periodicals is expected in all but the large folio size. Accordingly, the total stack space demand which emerges is 2900 m

2

. This storage area would have to be increased somewhat if we wished to store the largest size material horizontally (that is, lying on its flat side). Practical considerations and calculations in this respect are also dicussed by the author. Finally, the author reviews experiences with regard to the compact storage systems abroad and points out that under domestic conditions she considers the mobile stack arrangement (similar to the Ingold system) to be the most favourable library storage method. There is another question which still arises in connection with the storage of periodi> cals

: should periodicals currently not published any longer, better said „material not alive any more" be separated from that regularly published and if so, what factors should be guiding in the separate handling of that type of material. Some guiding remarks with regard to practical arrangements for the removal proceedings, and some suggestions as to the proper transportation methods are also contained in the article. New ways in the construction oj large libraries T. TOM BOR Starting with the twenties and thirties of this century, the social functions of the libraries have gradually changed. Various types of übraries were developed, quite a few with their holdings exceeding several million units. It goes without saying that a large library, with its grand collections and large-scale reader service, requires the modern organization of its manyfold duties. The tasks of a modern library have expanded, it has to serve «very class of the society. In consideration of the new duties incumbent upon the newtype library, new library buildings are being erected everywhere and important steps in this direction have begun also in Hungary. The national library (National Széchényi Library) is to move into new quarters in the west wing of the former royal castle; numerous county, district and town libraries plan or build new homes. The author, who is the president of the Special Committee of Library Building of the National Council on Librarianship and guides the planning work in progress on the reconstruction of the new premises allocated to the national library of Hungary as its future home, is analysing new methods in the design and construction of large libraries. According to the new architectural concept a library building is not merely a purposebuilding, it is a specific cultural-building, which takes the motives for its formation from the functions of the library. An ideal solution can be realized or at least approximated only in the case of the erection of a new building. Every reconstruction involves a compromise, in vital questions, however, a compromise should not be permissible. The study then goes on to discuss the horizontal and vertical possibilities of building and speaks about the chances for success of a modern, reasonably horizontal solution. The building of libraries, today, has ceased to be a question of architecture; the professional librarian, as a good judge of his library as a working-unit, participates as expert adviser to the same extent as the architect himself in the functional planning of the library. The article continues by describing the activities of the Hungarian Special Committee of Library Building and similar committees abroad, as well as the efforts of ÍTAB exercised hitherto to ensure cooperation in this respect. 346