The first five years of the Hungarian Library Institute – 2000–2005

Abstract

The first director of the Hungarian Library Institute (HLI) summarizes the events in the first five years of HLI. He describes Hungarian librarianship in the given period as the background, and describes the organization scheme of HLI, as it was adjusted to new tasks. HLI consisted of four departments with new names and new functions: Department of Organization and Analysis, Department of Education, Department of Information on Collection Development, and Special Library of Library Science. Without describing the work of departments, the study browses through the achievements of HLI, and provides a draft picture of its activities in international and Hungarian projects aiming at research, education, assistance to collection development and special library services.