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Staff members of National Széchényi Library will take part in two book presentations of the event series entitled 9th Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj (August 19–26, 2018).

Hungary’s oldest digital library, the Hungarian Electronic Library (Hungarian abbreviation: MEK) is proud to present its 18,000th volume, a reference book on chess by Viktor Akantisz and Károly Rozsnyai, which was published back in 1898. On writing the book, the authors took into account the work of Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, a renowned chess master who lived in the 19th century.

You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening ceremony of the exhibition entitled CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps, 1650–1800, to be held in the Ars Librorum exhibition space of National Széchényi Library. The event will start at 4 p.m. on Thursday August 2, 2018.

The joint exhibition of National Széchényi Library and the Hungarian Comics Association will be closed on July 26, 2018. At the finissage ceremony, the catalog of the exhibition will be presented and a professional guided tour of the exhibition will also be held. The publication will be presented by Tamás Dunai, professor of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Szeged, and by the curators of the exhibition.

The Publishing House of National Széchényi Library has been present on the Hungarian book market with its prestigious titles for years now. Based on the unique collection of NSZL and the special knowledge of its staff, NSZL Publishing House publishes 25 to 40 publications annually.