News, events

Earth Day 2017 – April 25–26

2017/04/20

On April 25 and 26, 2017, we are waiting for visitors with presentations and stands of environmental protection organizations in our Library. Topics include green lifestyle changes, outlines of a new economic paradigm, ecologically oriented improvement of the quality of life, and fight against climate change.

Convicts are also digitizing

2017/04/19

Just like in previous years, there is cooperation between our Library and Győr-Moson-Sopron County Remand Prison. In the future, convicts can help with scanning great quantities of files that can be quickly digitized. At the same time, no further steps related to their processing of documents can be excluded.

Collection of Han dynasty stone rubbings from Shandong

2017/04/18

The book reveals in unprecedented detail Chinese culture existing nearly two thousands years ago. Stone rubbings were made of reliefs surviving on the walls of crypts, temples, hall of ancestors and on gate idols, depicting mythological scenes, historical or legendary stories, or simple everyday events. The album will be presented on April 29, 2017.

NSZL at the 24th International Book Festival Budapest

2017/04/18

National Széchényi Library as a publisher will participate in the 24th International Book Festival Budapest. You are kindly invited to our stand 49/B at Millenáris, in Building “B” between April 20 and 23, 2017.

Workers ’56

This Yearbook of the 1956 Institute contains the edited version of the presentations on the role of workers in the revolution, one of the most interesting topics of the 1956 and Socialism, Crisis and Rethinking conference. The multi-disciplinary conference of recent past history was held in Eger in September 2016 with the participation of several institutions.

Presentation of the facsimile edition of Ernst Codex

2017/04/13

Ernst Codex was written at the end of 12th century and it contains Sulpicius Severus: Vita Sancti Martini, other shorter texts on St. Martin, and the oldest text version of Saint Stephen’s so-called small and greater legend. The presentation ceremony will take place on April 25, 2017.

Holiday opening hours

2017/04/13

Our Library will be closed between April 14 and April 17, 2017. We are looking forward to seeing you again as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 18.

Ex libris exhibition and book presentation

2017/04/11

A book presentation related to the opening ceremony of Ex libris exhibition was recently held in Pest-Buda Auctioneer House. The exhibition will be open until April 30, 2017.

La Fontaine’s Complete Tales

The publishing workshop of NSZL pays a tribute to the author and his fables which have become an integral part of the world of Hungarian tales. By launching a series of popular facsimile editions, it aims at bringing back to the readers the printed form of one-time classics, works by popular authors and rare editions hardly available today. Our recent publication is already available in the bookshop of the Library, or you can order it online.

De Gruyter Journals database can be tested in NSZL

2017/04/06

Until June 2017, a database collecting more than 900 journals of high impact factor, covering all areas of research, can be accessed and tried out on computers placed in the reading rooms of National Széchényi Library.