#mindentgyűjtünk – The Bibliotheca Hungarica and the Hungarian Databank of Slovakia

Abstract

The article is an expanded version of a presentation given on September 18, 2023 in Kassa at the conference titled "In the same boat - professional day of the Association of Hungarian Librarians in Slovakia". The study presents the special library of the Forum Minority Research Institute, the Bibliotheca Hungarica. The collection of the special library consists of fiction and non-fiction works published in Hungarian language from 1918 to the present day in the territory of Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia, as well as publications in Hungarian and other languages relating to the history, culture, social and political life of the Hungarians and minorities in Slovakia. The article places great emphasis on the presentation of the work taking place in the special library, on the characterization of the contents accessible by remote access, and on the description of the ways of keeping contact with researchers and partners. The author emphasizes that the collection of the cultural heritage of the Hungarians in Slovakia is not only a matter for the library, but also a common matter for the Hungarian community in Slovakia.