The situation and financing of special libraries with national responsibilities.

39. évfolyam, 1993. 3. szám

KARBACH Erika

During the transformation of the Hungarian library system the situation of special libraries and the financing of their national responsibilities remained unsolved. This group of libraries is heterogenous from the point of size and functions. A working group of the Research and Special Libraries Section of the Chamber of Libraries and Information Institutes made a survey by questionnaire about the state of these libraries and about how they view their role, state and financing, and about their plans for the future. From among the 120 special libraries with national responsibilities 36 responded (30%). The following conclusions can be made: 1. There is a need for special libraries with national responsibilities, and for their cooperation in a system. 2. The libraries in question can at present fulfill only part of their national responsibilities. Their problems are most severe in the field of collection development, but they do not consider their services in the provision of special literature satisfactory either. 3. The libraries attribute their troubles to financial reasons. Although they all accept the need for library budgets relying on several sources, they expect the provision of central, state sources for the fulfilment of their national responsibilities. (pp. 361-372)

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