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

An academic library as an integrated information centre: the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Gy. Rózsa books, nearly 300,000 periodical volumes (5,500 current titles), and c. 600,000 manuscripts; microfilms and 100,000 archival units complete the holdings. The special collections include 1,200 incunabula, 6,500 volumes of Hungarian books published before 1711 and other old and rare books. Total holdings number about 3,5 million units. References 1. Line, Maurice B.: Do we need National Libraries, and if so, what sort? An assessment in the light of and analysis of national library and information needs. In: Alexandria, 2(2), July 1990, pp. 27-38. 2. Hunt, Christopher, J.: A university library with a national function: the British Library of Political and Economic Science and library provision for the social sciences in the UK. In: Alexandria, 2(2), July 1990, pp. 61-69. 3. Utasítás a M. Academiai Könyvtár tisztviselői számára, összeállította Toldy Ferenc. [Rules for the Academy Library's officials. Compiled by Ferenc Toldy.] Budán, 1848. 4. Térjék, József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and xylographs of Alexander Csorna de Kőrös. Budapest, 1976. 5. Microcard catalogue of the rare Hebrew codices, manuscripts and ancient prints in the Kaufmann collection, reproduced on microcards. Ed. by Rezső Gergely. Budapest, 1959. 6. Rásonyi, László: Sir Aurél Stein and his legacy. In: New Hungarian Quarterly, (2), 1961, pp. 217-224. 7. Bükyné Horváth, Mária: Az Akadémiai Könyvtár kurrens külföldi periodikum állománya az 1970-es években. A hazai akadémiai kutatás szakirodalmi információ igénye. [Holdings of foreign periodicals in the 1970s in the LHAS. Research requirements for specialized information.] Budapest, 1977. 8. György, József: Die Goethe-Sammlung Balthasar Elischers in der Bibliothek der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaflen. Budapest, 1963. Simon, Robert: Ignác Goldziher: his life and scholarship as reflected in his works and correspondence. Budapest-Leiden, 1986. (see also ref. 4) 9. Publications of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Bibliography. Budapest, 1986. 10. Rózsa, György and Braun, Tibor: A szakirodalmi információ korszerűsítése a Magyar Tudományos Akadémián. [Modernization of specialized information at the HAS.] In: Magyar Tudomány, 12, 1978, pp. 910-917. 11. 1976-1986: 10 Jahre Internationales System für gesellschaflliche Information. Berlin, 1986. 12. Rózsa, György: European co-operation in social science information and documentation: a process of maturation. In: International Social Science Journal, 3, 1981, pp. 559-565. 13. The files available are: McGraw Hill Technical Encyclopedia; Grolier American Academic Encyclopedia; Ulrich's Periodicals Directory; Bibliofile/Library of Congress Catalogue. 14. DOBIS/LIBIS. Version 2. Librarian's guide. Part 1, On-line operation release. 1st edition (Aug. 1988.) IBM Corporation, 1988. 38 „ Thoughts in the library"