News, events

Open Day on the Day of the Hungarian Culture

2017/01/13

Marking the beginning of János Arany Memorial Year, on January 20, 2017 the manuscript of Toldi by János Arany will be on display for one day in National Széchényi Library. Guided tours of NSZL and a book presentation ceremony will be held, and discounts will be offered at the registration desk.

Souvenir Shop – illness

2017/01/10

Due to illness, our Souvenir Shop will operate with shortened opening hours (from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.) between January 11 and January 13, and it will be closed on Saturday January 14, 2017.

Printed Hungarian globes and projections

2017/01/10

On January 18, 2017 a new book by Katalin Plihál, previous head of NSZL’s Map Collection, will be presented at the headquarters of FŐMTERV Rt. This is the first ever publication to include the description of all the currently known Hungarian globes. The attached DVD includes 72 of these globes in a digitally zoomable and rotatable form.

Access to GALE Literary Sources database

2017/01/05

As of 2017, GALE Literary Sources, including eight literary databases, can be accessed from National Széchényi Library. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive literary database packages of the world.

Posters between 1931–1944 – book presentation

2017/01/06

We will present our album entitled “Posters of Hungarian Sound Films 1931–1944” on January 20, 2017.

Hungarians in the Caucasus

2017/01/06

NSZL will host a book presentation ceremony on January 24, 2017. The book gives a general overview of the romantic Hungarian homeland research concepts of the 19th century, according to which some remaining ancient Hungarians could still be found in the valleys of the Caucasus.

Power Discourses – book presentation

2017/01/04

The book entitled Hatalmi diskurzusok – A hatalom reprezentációi a tudományokban és a művészetekben (Power Discourses – Representations of Power in Science and Art) will be presented in Nyitott Műhely (Open Workshop) at 6 p.m. on January 18, 2017.

Heating outage

2017/01/04

Dear Readers and Visitors, According to information provided by Budapest District Heating Works FŐTÁV, heating service and hot water supply will be suspended until 6 p.m. on Wednesday January 4, 2017. You are advised to bring some warm clothes with you.

Digitized documents on library history

2016/12/14

From now on, issues of Könyvtári Szemle (Library Review) published between 1934 and 1935, and volumes of Könyvtári Figyelő (Library Observer) published between 1955 and 1989 can be accessed in the Electronic Periodicals Archive & Database (EPA).

Presentation of the FOLIO platform

2016/12/16

In 2017, we will continue our series of presentations of integrated library systems. This time, FOLIO communities, organizers and technical experts were invited. Admission to the presentation is free, but preliminary registration on the internet is required if you want to attend the event. We are looking forward to seeing you at the presentation!