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II. The Use of the Library

and hebraistics, Egypt, Africa, Turkey, Mongolian and Altaic languages, China, Indochina, Tibet, Japan, Indonesia and Oceania. The inner room, named after Sándor Körösi Csorna, houses a library of some 2000 works, containing oriental codices. 600 of them belong to the Kaufmann-collection. Among the noteworthy Tibetan manuscripts and xylographic materials are t he reliquia of Sándor Körösi Csorna which served him as sources in writing his famous Tibetan dictionary and grammar, spending 11 years in cold lama monasteries. Mention must be made of the considerable scientific correspondence of Ignác Goldzihcr comprising more than 10.000 items. The Microfilm Collection and Photographic Laboratory was set up in 1953. At first the work was done with only one or two cameras. A sudden considerable development took place, however,due to the modern equipment given by UNESCO in 1957. The Laboratory can now engage in manifold and continuous work by means of its high-capacity microfilm cameras, automatic developing machine, continuous microfilm printer, rapid copying equipment, optical photocopying apparatus, microfiche apparatus, transportable microfilming equipment, hand cameras of various types, enlargers and other equipment to facilitate photoduplicating work. The microfilm service deals with a considerable quantity of orders, both foreign and domestic, for microfilms and photocopies. Apart from satisfying these orders, the laboratory permanently copies the most valuable holdings of the Library. In addition, photo duplication is used to augment the Library. The collection comprise, among others, microfilm copies of old Hungarian book rarities, Corvin codices abroad, oriental manuscripts, and consists of microfilms of more than 3000 works as of the end of 1959. An alphabetical catalogue and a catalogue of origin serves the reader, and several microfilm readers are at his disposal. 23