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The Organization of the Library

The University Library of the University of Pécs consists of fifteen library units.

• Central Library (7622 Pécs, Universitas Str. 2/A.)
     - Historical Collection Department of the Central Library (7621 Pécs, Szepesy Ignác Str. 1-3.)
     - History of the University Collection of the Central Library (7621 Pécs, Szepesy Ignác Str. 1-3.)
     - Klimo Library (7621 Pécs, Szepesy Ignác Str. 1-3.)
• Ferenc Benedek Specialized Library of Law and Economics (7622 Pécs, Universitas Str. 2/A.)
• Mihály Pekár Specialized Library of Medicine and Life Sciences (7624 Pécs, Szigeti Str. 12.)
• Library of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Str. 6.)
     - English, German and Austrian Library of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Str. 6.)
     - Specialized Library of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (7624 Pécs, Rókus Str. 5.)(7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Str. 6.)
• Pécs Library of the Faculty of Health Sciences (7621 Pécs, Rét Str. 4.)
• Library of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Kaposvár Educational Centre (7400 Kaposvár, Szent Imre Str. 14/b.)
• Library of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Zalaegerszeg Educational Centre (8900 Zalaegerszeg, Landorhegyi Str. 33.)
• Library of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Szombathely Educational Centre (9700 Szombathely, Jókai Str. 14.)
• Specialized Library and Document Repository of the Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development (7633 Pécs, Szántó Kovács J. Str. 1/b.)
• Library of Gyula Illyés College (7400 Szekszárd, Rákóczi Str. 1.)
• Library of the Faculty of Arts (7624 Pécs, Damjanich Str. 30.)
• Library of Mihály Pollack Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (7624 Pécs, Boszorkány Str. 2.)

History of the Library

After World War I the University of Bratislava moved to Pécs but the material of the university library remained in Bratislava. Despite the difficult financial circumstances which followed the war, the supplementation of the library stock – thanks to the donations of private persons and libraries – progressed relatively fast. The then bishop of Pécs, Gyula Zichy put the building and the stock of the bishop’s library at the disposal of the university together with the ancient volumes of the Klimo Library. The systematization and the professional processing of the library material were started by one of the outstanding persons of Hungarian library science, József Fitz. This stock constitutes the basis of the collection of the Central Library.

The growth of the collection was always determined by the faculties taught at the university. As the number of faculties increased so did the library as the literature of the new sciences appeared in it. Its stock of books and periodicals is formed in cooperation with the various faculty libraries.

The main task of the library is to facilitate the educational, research, healing, scientific and artistic activities carried out at the university, but as a public library it is also open to the citizens of the region. It is one of the bases of domestic interlibrary document services. As the head institution of the library network of the University of Pécs it organizes the activities of the faculty and institute libraries and also performs central tasks. Its use of an integrated computerized library system ensures the usage of domestic and foreign databases necessary for research.

Its most recent tasks include making the library’s most valuable books and those in greatest demand available using the latest digital techniques. The Museum of University History has been a part of the library organization since 2004 and the exhibition at No. 3 Szepesy Ignác Street has been open to the public since 2010. More about the history of the library.

Since October 2010 the Central Library has operated in the South-Transdanubian Regional Library and Knowledge Centre at No. 2/a Universitas Street. (Link TK)

The Future Vision of the University Library of the University of Pécs

The Library of the University of Pécs aims to be the foremost specialized scientific library of the region serving educational, learning, research, healing and artistic activities through its integrated network.

The Mission of the University Library of the University of Pécs

In this age where society is based on information and knowledge the University Library defines itself as an institute which

• provides a high standard of information which facilitates the learning, education, research, healing carried out at the university
• being the information centre for transmitting knowledge at the university, contributes to the professional quality of the university, the core element of the university’s existence
• being a public library, offers services in literature for Pécs and the South-Transdanubian region.