On June 26, 2018, all sections of the Library will be closed, due to network maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Services | 2018.06.19.
Library closing information
On the 23rd of June, Saturday, due to the Night of Museums programs the Library will be open only until 3:00 pm. Thank you for your kind understanding. You are welcome back from 4:00 pm!
Services | 2018.06.08.
Summer Closure
The Library of the HAS will be closed from July 8 to August 12, 2018. We wish you pleasant summer holidays!
Services | 2018.06.08.
Catalog maintenance
Between 5:00 p.m. June 2 and 8:00 a.m. June 4, 2018 the online catalog will be unavailable due to maintenance
During this period, please use our other search interface metak.mtak.hu.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Services | 2018.06.01.
Usage of Lukács György' bequest
From June 1, 2018, Lukács György' bequest can be used in the Library and Information Centre of Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Please notify your visit’s appointment in advance. The requested manuscripts can be used in the reading room of the Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection (Budapest, Széchenyi tér 9.), the requested books can be used in the main reading room of the Library (Budapest, Arany János u. 1.) until the renovation of the Lukács Archives is finished. Please notify your visit’s appointment in advance.
After the renovation of Lukács's former apartment, we will provide a continuous duty to researchers during the opening hours of the Library and at professional events on site.
Services | 2018.05.28.
Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
On 27th April a contract of cooperation was signed by Mr. Ahmad Haji Hosseini, Deputy for Executive, Documentary and Library, Institute for Political and International Studies and Prof. Dr. István Monok, General Director, of LIC HAS in the Oriental Collection. The purpose of the cooperation is the publication of the Persian version of the Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which was compiled in collaboration with The Specialized Library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LPIS).
Hours of operation for the upcoming Easter holiday
The Library will be closed from 30th of March to 2nd of April , 2018. Normal operation will be resumed on April 3.
Services | 2018.03.28.
Cataloguing of György Lukács' bequest
Since György Lukács’s passing away in 1971, his bequest (his private collection of books, as well as his autographs and correspondence) has not been processed and catalogued according to current library standards. In order to address this long-standing deficiency, the Directorate of the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in agreement with the Praesidium of the Academy, has decided to have the bequest transferred to its main building for cataloguing. From March 1, 2018, Lukács’s former apartment will function as a museum until the commencement of restoration works on it.
The book collection will be made available to the public from December 31, 2018, and the autographs and correspondence from July 1, 2019. In the meantime, however, the latter can be studied in digital format upon prior request.
Information | 2018.02.23.
Library closing information
Between March 14-18, 2018, all sections of the Library will be closed.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Information | 2018.02.21.
New online databases
Thanks to the generous donation of the National Central Library of Taiwan and within the framework of our Taiwan Research Centre for Chinese Studies two new databases have become available in our Library. The databases are accessible within our IP-range.
