Domsa Károlyné, Fekete Gézáné, Kovács Mária (szerk.): Gondolatok a könyvtárban / Thoughts in the Library (A MTAK közleményei 30. Budapest, 1992)

KÖNYVTÁR ÉS HAGYOMÁNY – LIBRARY AND TRADITION

J. Zahradil changes were carried through within the ML and its work expanded into the fíeld of scientific information. From this period the name of the institution was changed to ML - Science Information Center (ML-SIC). Substantially closer connections and co-operation of the ML-SIC with the science information centers and libraries of the Academy were achieved, and the problems of acquisition and division of labour were solved. Alsó, connections with out-of-Academy institutes at home as well as abroad were enlarged. Methodical activities were significantly expanded and research assumed more conceptual characteristics. In this sphere, research work has begun on the elaboration of the Index of the Bohemiae published in foreign languages between 1501-1800. Research work on the project INDORES (the "Information and Documentation Retrieval System") was alsó concluded. Due to new ideas and the democratization process evoked by the Prague Spring, preconditions for a new orientation of work were set up successfully between 1967-69. However, a violent break was then brought about at the ML, too: the ML building was occupied by the Soviet Army on August 23 1968, the employees had to stop their work and the library served Soviet troops exclusively for 10 days. Despite of enormous difficulties caused by the occupation, activities of the library succeeded in being revitalized. Alsó somé serious problems, such as e.g. the construction of central depots for less-used publications for the whole Academy were successfully resolved, a repro-service center to serve the whole Academy was satisfactorily equipped, and courses and seminars for the development of user- and professional skills were held. In the fíeld of research itself the tasks fulfilled in the first period were those connected with the mechanization and automatization of library procedures and scientific information, with the necessary professional changes among the employees. International co-operation was alsó developed, although mainly restricted to Soviet block countries. Connections with other countries were practically reduced to exchange only, but even this unilateral co-operation brought somé advantages. Projects of automatized systems were developed and in certain cases, information on the level reached by advanced industrial countries was received from other academies. In the 80s, political oppression was gradually released, and access to the world's automatized data bases, which had hitherto been limited to magnet-tape services, was enlarged with the possibility of on-line access. The ML-SIC tried to advocate these possibilities for the whole Academy and gained this access at the end of the first half of the 80s at last. The possibilities of international co-operation significantly increased, among which the importance of participation in the activities of the European Coordina110 „ Thoughts in the library "