Creating and Managing
New Services
at the John von Neumann
Digital Library
TÓSZEGI, Zsuzsanna PhD
Managing director of the
John von Neumann Digital Library
Budapest, Hungary
Historical overview
Historical overview
• November 1997: establishing the
John von Neumann Digital Library
• since Autumn 1999: the WebKat.hu online internet catalogue
• June 2000: the Digital Literary
Academy on the Internet
• 2002 National Audiovisual Archive
project;
• March 1998 – May 2003: 6 million
users via Internet
Activity
Scope of activity:
 digitisation of the Hungarian cultural
heritage;
 creating, storing and supplying
long-lasting digital documents;
 development of methodical and
content-related issues connected to
digital library duties;
 construction and maintenance of a
meta-database;
 professional education and
postgraduate studies.
Services
Main services 1:
 WebKat.hu – the online catalogue of
Hungarian Internet sources;
 Digital Literary Academy – online
database of Hungarian contemporary
literature;
 digitisation and publication of texts
on the Internet;
 meta-database of Hungarian
libraries, museums and archives;
Services
Main services 2:
 discography of CD-ROMs published
in Hungary and list of CD-ROM
publishers/developers;
 publication of CD-ROMs;
 organisation of professional
postgraduate studies;
participation in the development of
the library standards and methods
related to electronic documents;
The Digital Literary Academy
www.irodalmiakademia.hu
Biography of the Nobel Prize Winner
Imre Kertész
www.neumann-haz.hu
E-book collection
E-books:
 small file size
 portable
 easy to search
 easy to navigate
 easy to enlarge
The Neumann Centenary
www.neumann-centenarium.hu