Country
Official name of the country (Latin transcript):
Magyar Köztársaság
Parliament
Official name of parliament:
in original language (Latin transcript):
Magyar Országgyülés
in English translation:
National Assembly
Library - General Information
Does any other library provide services to parliament
instead?
Adress:
Library of the Hungarian Parliament
Országgyülési Könyvtár
Kossuth Lajos tér 1 - 3
P.O.B. 3
1357 Budapest
Telephone:
+36 (1) 4414660
Fax:
+36 (1) 4414853
E-Mail:
info@ogyk.hu ; tomcs@ogyk.hu
Internet / WWW / Website:
http://www.ogyk.hu
Library - Detailed Information
Year of foundation:
1870
Person in charge of the parliamentary library:
Mr. János Ambrus
Who may use the library?
Members, parliamentarians' personal staff, parliamentary staff;
open to the public
Number of library staff:
94
Annual acquisition budget:
14.000.000 HUF
(=115.000 US $)
Size of collection:
700.000
Legal deposit?
Yes
Depository library for which institutions?
United Nations, Unesco, GATT/WTO, ILO
Other special collections of the library:
Hungarian and foreign parliamentary papers
Number of current periodicals (printed and electronic):
2.500
Are periodicals currently indexed for articles?
Yes
Press cuttings:
No
Are the papers of the parliament indexed?
Yes
Is the library in charge of the archival materials of the
parliament?
No
Has the library automated its cataloguing?
Yes
Is the automated catalogue accessible to outside users?
Yes
Does the library use a thesaurus or a classification system for
subject indexing?
Yes
Reference services:
Yes
Research service:
No
IFLA membership:
Yes