Library research and development in Hungary

Abstract

As a result of fundamental changes in the research and development policy in Hungary, basic research programs with objectivies not related directly to immediate economic realization (research in natural and social sciences) should be increasingly assigned to universities, archives, museums and libraries. Accordingly, the author presents a survey on the results of library research conducted so far, points out the deficiencies originating from the lack of coordination and outiines the possibilities of library participation in the two existing major research projects: „Exploration, recording and publication of our cultural and historical relics and values" and „Present status and development perspectives of public education in Hungary".