AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1972. Budapest (1975)

I. Az OSZK 1972-ben - Papp István: A Könyvtártudományi és Módszertani Központ tevékenysége 1972-ben - Activities performed in the Centre for Library Science and Methodology during the year 1972

Activities performed in the Centre for Library Science and Methodology during the year 1972 The report recites the tasks of the Centre for Library Science and Methodology performed in 1972 and grouped according the functions. The professional foundation of library policy was indicated by preliminary works for the new library law prepared for the Ministry of Culture, the participation in the ministry's supervising investigation, the supporting of the leading and controlling activities carried out by councils maintaining libraries. In the field of methodological work connected with library provision of certain library types and specific readers' strata reference is made to the professional standards for high school libraries, to the preparation of a one year course for church librarians, to the management of current problems relating to county libraries and to the statutes elaborated for trade union libraries. The extension course organized for children's librarians is terminated, a number of ventures have been commenced to develop young people's services in public libraries. Among the problems of library supply for national minorities, the question of the day was to render assistance in acquisition work. Methodological assistance provided in certain fields of library work included readers' service, acquisition, processing work, local history collections, non-book materials, library management, planning of library buildings. In the librarians training system the Centre runs an intermediate course lasting 2 and a half year and took part in the work aiming at the reform of education system. A number of extension courses were organized. Besides the recording of library researches the organization of research activity improved. The Centre carried on its own researches in the fields of library pedagogy, sociology of reading, literature supply and classification theory. Among the services offered to libraries the semi-monthly published guide for acquisition, entitled "Uj Könyvek" (New Books) should be mentioned as well as the quarterly published "Eseménynaptár" (Calendar of Events) assisting extension work of libraries; last but not least the documentary journals based on the stock of the Library Science Library should be emphasized. The participation in the preparation and administration of the IFLA Conference in Budapest was the principal task arising from international affairs. In addition, the Centre's members participated in several international conferences. To acquaint foreign countries with the best and important parts of Hungarian library literature the Centre started to publish semi-yearly an abstracting journal in English. 54