AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1980. Budapest (1982)

I. Az OSZK 1980-ban - Papp István: A Könyvtártudományi és Módszertani Központ munkája 1980-ban - The Activity of the Centre for Library Science and Methodology in 1980

THE ACTIVITY OF THE CENTRE FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE AND METHODOLOGY IN 1980 The report reviews the last five years and gives a detailed account of the activities of the Centre in 1980. Projects were carried out in the following main fields: — The library and its social environment (reading movements, propaganda work, exhibitions). — Process of reading (researches, development of readers' advisory service, „reading camp" movement). — Furthering the Hungarian library system (supervising libraries, development programmes, statistics). — Development of the document base (Új Könyvek — New Books — edited continuously, investigations of holdings). — Bibliographical activity (guides, bibliographies). — Information systems (promoting the use of information services in county libraries). — Local collections (publishing of guides). — Mechanization and computerization (studies and investigations on equipment in libraries). — Education (projects, investigations, courses). — Library construction and equipment (briefs for architects, consultancy). — The economy of library and information activities (researches). — Library prognostics (long-term planning). — Information and reference services in library science. — The organization of research (projects for the next five-year plan).