AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1984-1985. Budapest (1992)

I. Az OSZK 1984-1985-ben - Somkuti Gabriella: Az Országos Széchényi Könyvtár működése 1984-1985-ben - The Activity of the National Széchényi Library in the Years 1984-1985

Acquisition In 1984-85, the holdings of the Library were increased by 50,675 volumes of books, 12,489 volumes of periodical publications, 35,763 manuscripts, 102,960 other documents (scores, discs, maps, microfilms, posters, prints), totally, by 201,887 library units. On December 31, 1985 the holdings of the Library consisted of 6,285,093 library units. The Hungarian publications were acquired from legal deposit copies. Foreign acquisition by purchase and exchange is traditionally oriented on Hungarica publications and, in the second place, on history, literary history and reference books. In 1984 new possibilities of purchase by hard currency presented themselves. György Soros, a businessman of Hungarian origin in New York made a foundation in support of Hungarian science, culture and art. His remarkable foundation enabled Hungarian libraries to purchase Western publications for Hungarian currency. In this way, Ihe Széchényi Library has purchased books in a sum of $ 4,000 in 1985. The greatest sensation was the acquisition of a fragment of a German codex of three leaves found in a codex bought from a private collector. Songs of Minnesänger poets are written on the parchment leaves, among others, poems of the famous medieval poet Der von Kurcnbcrg. Till now, the text of these poems was known only from one manuscript and our fragments present new variants of these verses. In addition, our manuscript is some hundred years older than the earliest one known up till now. The lectures and publications of András Vizkclety, discoverer of this find, attracted great attention in German-speaking countries. Processing. Catalogues On the whole, processing kept pace with acquisition. Difficulty arose first of ail in multiplying of catalogue cards. Our old adrema machines can no more meet the needs. In 1985, a xerox mulliplyer of Sharp type was bought and we hope to overtake arrears of work by this new equipment. New tasks of cataloguing appeared with the Library's moving into the new premises. Many catalogues had lo be duplicated and alphabetical, decimal and signature catalogues of the reference library of 70,000 volumes had to be set up. The reconstruction of the catalogue of serial publications and thcrccataloguing of periodicals were continued. The planned closing of the alphabetical catalogue of books, demanded by the introduction of new cataloguing standards, could not be accomplished. In the special collections, besides current processing, retrospective disclosing of the holdings went on, as a rule aiming at publication (in the Manuscript Department, Department of Early Printings, Theater History Collection, Map Collection, Music Department). Bibliography Books, musicals, maps, periodicals published in Hungary were currently disclosed in the Hungarian National Bibliography system together with articles on social sciences issued in periodicals. 13 thousand bibliographic and 37 thousand analytical records were entered in the data base of the Hungarian National Bibliography in 1984-85. It was an important achievement in 1984 that the Magyar nemzeti bibliográfia. Könyvek bibliográfiája (Hungarian National Bibliography, Bibliography of Books) was printed with light setling with magnetic tape input from vol. 39, No. 17. The source base of the Magyar nemzeti bibliográfia. Időszaki kiadványok repertóriuma (Hungarian National Bibliography, Repertory of Periodicals) was considerably enlarged. 1,065 journals were processed which is nearly twice more than it was a few years ago. The years 1982 and 1983 and the cumulative volume of 1976-1980 of the annual Hungarian press bibliography Magyar Nem/eti Bibliográfia. Időszaki kiadványok bibliográfiája (Hungarian National Bibliography, Bibliography of Periodical Publications) were published. (Index volumes of titles and publishing bodies.) Hungarica publications abroad were disclosed in two quarterly: Külföldi Magyar Nyelvű Kiadványok (Books Published Abroad in Hungarian) and Hungarika Irodalmi Szemle (Hungarica Literary Review). The annual cumulations for 1982 and 1983 of Magyar Könyvészet (Hungarian Bibliography) were published. Volumes 1 and 2 of the retrospective national bibliography Magyar Könyvészet 1921-1944 (Hungarian Bibliography 1921-1944) appeared and vol. 3 is in press. Data collection for the bibliographies of eighteenth century printings and for press bibliography 1921-1944 was continued. Volume 1980 of A magyar irodalom és irodalomtudomány bibliográfiája (Bibliography of Hungarian Literature and Literary History) is in press. 96