Bács-Kiskun Megyei
Katona József Könyvtár
6000 Kecskemét
Piaristák tere 8.
 
6001 Kecskemét Pf. 127.
 
Telefon: 76/500-550
Fax: 76/500-570
Titkárság: 76/500-555
Nyitva tartás:
Kedd - Szombat:10-19 h
 
 
 
 

Internet classes Internet classes

Our library supports not only the official and formal education, but offers valuable services for those interested in studying in the out of school system or for those having intention to learn independently.

We attach primary attention to teach ICT competencies and to ensure the necessary infrastructure accordingly. We would like to help people to

-        be informed not only from the traditional sources, but in the world of the new electronic information carriers

-        be digitally literate and develop their skills

-        access more diverse learning possibilities

-        have access to the necessary facilities and use the Internet

In order to achieve our objectives, we offer several new services.

Katona József Library runs classes on the use of the Internet.

INFOSULI (Infoschool)

We would like to help mostly the adults who have not had any opportunity to become digitally literate, at least at a basic level, but they need it badly.

About the service:

-        It is accessible for anybody who registers at Katona József Library and is older than 16.

-        The 30-hour-courses are organised in different time and according several timetables. Enrolment is in the library.

-        The tuition fee of INFOSULI is HUF 8.000,-. For seniors we make a reduction, so they pay a contribution of HUF 4.000,-.

 

In INFOSULI you can learn the following:

-        basic knowledge of the use of the Internet

-        communication by e-mail

-        information retrieval from databases, online web sites

-        use of e-administration services

The courses are conducted by qualified staff-members of the library. Computers are at the disposal of the learners, for the individual practise, during the opening hours, too.

 

According to the public need, we offer the following schedule of the courses:

10 lessons:      2 X 3 hours / week (on weekdays 10:00 - 13:00)

6 lessons:        1 X 5 hours / week (on Monday 9:00 – 13:00)

Information about the division in groups can be asked for at Infotheque service unit.

The 12-person groups form in order of appearance.

For further information, please, call 76/500-560 or write to info[at]kjmk.hu.

Gateway UK Gateway UK

A British Council az Egyesült Királyság oktatási és kulturális kapcsolatokat építő nemzetközi szervezete, melynek magyarországi irodája tájékoztató valamint az angol nyelv tanulását és oktatását segítő forrásokkal várja önt könyvtárunk GatewayUK gyűjteményében.

Mit kínál a GatewayUK?

  • Események ismertetőit - az elkövetkezendő hetek, hónapok valamint a közelmúlt eseményei a British Council rendezésében és támogatásával - kulturális és szakmai bemutató programok a megyei könyvtárak és a British Council közös szervezésében a GatewayUK tájékoztató pontjához kapcsolódva
  • Kézikönyveket, információkat
    • Általános információk az Egyesült Királyságról - brit politikai és társadalmi élet - gazdaság - művészetek - tudomány - környezetvédelem
    • Tanulási lehetőségek az Egyesült Királyságban - felsőoktatás és továbbképzés - nyelvtanfolyamok - nyári és önkéntes munkalehetőségek
    • Utazás az Egyesült Királyságba - szállások és utazás - látványosságok, kiállítások, szórakozási lehetőségek
  • Angol nyelvi forrásgyűjteményt angoltanároknak és az angol nyelvet tanulóknak - kölcsönözhető tankönyveket, munkafüzeteket, hanganyagokat, oktató és országismertető videókat, és válogatást kortárs brit irodalomból

További információért telefonáljon a 76/500-560-as számra, vagy írjon e-mail-t az info [at] kjmk.hu címre.

Ha többet szeretne megtudni a British Council programjairól, keresse fel honlapjukat: www.britishcouncil.hu

GatewayUK

Goethe-Institut Goethe-Institut

A Goethe-Institut Németország hivatalos kulturális intézete, mely a világ számos országában működik. Célja, hogy elősegítse a német nyelv elsajátítását és a nemzetközi kulturális együttműködést. Emellett információkat közvetít a kulturális, társadalmi és politikai életről. A Goethe-Institut Budapest 1988 óta működik Budapesten.

Az intézet négy részlege:

  • kulturális programosztály
  • könyvtár
  • nyelviskola
  • nyelvtanár-továbbképzés.

A Katona József Könyvtár 1998 óta működik együtt a Goethe-Institut Budapesttel és egyike az intézmény hivatalos partnerkönyvtárainak.

Könyvtárunkban elérhető szolgáltatások:

-  Németországról szóló információk

-  tematikus könyv- és plakátkiállítások

-  felolvasóestek kortárs német írókkal

-  továbbképzés nyelvtanárok számára

-  német gyermekfoglalkozások

-  a budapesti Goethe Intézet szolgáltatásainak közvetítése

Több mint 1800 dokumentumból álló német gyűjtemény:

-  kortárs német szépirodalmi művek

-  szakkönyvek, kézikönyvek

-  módszertani kiadványok nyelvtanárok számára

-  nyelvkönyvek

-  német gyermek- és ifjúsági irodalom, képeskönyvek

-  hangoskönyvek

-  német nyelvű újságok (napilapok, hetilapok, magazinok, módszertani szaklapok)

A Goethe-Institut Budapest elérhetősége

1092 Budapest

Ráday utca 58.

Magyarország

Tel. +36 1 3744070

Fax +36 1 3744080

Info[at]budapest.goethe.org 

www.goethe.de/budapest

 

 

e-kölcsönzés

NAVA Point in our library NAVA Point in our library

The National Audiovisual Archive (NAVA) collects the legal deposit copies of the Hungarian programme service. The mission of the institute is to store, process and ensure access to the programmes with Hungarian content as well as the programmes produced in Hungary and transmitted via the analogue terrestrial channels of the Hungarian television and radio. The access is guaranteed in several NAVA service points throughout the country.

NAVA provides also access to the digital copy of one hundred Hungarian feature films and several hundreds Hungarian newsreels produced during the period of 1931-1943 about international events of that time.  

Direct access to the collection of legal deposit copies

http://kereso.nava.hu

These are television and radio programmes with Hungarian content and programmes produced in Hungary, all broadcast from January 1, 2006 on M1, M2, Duna TV, RTL Klub, TV2 and 3 channels of Magyar Rádió.

Separate collections: Gramofon online

http://gramofon.nava.hu
 

This is a collection of 78rpm records. The collection consists of some two thousand phonograph records from 1906-1916 and they can be listened to easily from home. 

Feature films, exam films, scientific lectures, Mediawave

http://gyujtemenyek.nava.hu

This is a series of growing collections of films. It is possible to watch free of charge the exam films of Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem (Hungarian University of Theatre and Film Arts) from home. Other parts are as follows: 100 Hungarian feature films from 1941-1981, films of Mediawave Festival and university lectures of “Mindentudás Egyeteme” (i.e. university of all knowledge) (2002-2006).

Thematic collections

http://tematikus.nava.hu/

These are the television programmes in the NAVA collection, arranged in different groups (cultural and human values, topicalities, etc.) and being accessible easily.

 

Collection of newsreels

http://filmhiradok.nava.hu

While processing this collection, keywords from the field of education and historical research were also given to these newsreels produced between 1931-1943, what is more, each spoken word of their text is searchable.   

The rich collection of these programmes provides a unique possibility of having a good time and doing research work. In our library it is possible to watch the programmes on modern multimedia computers.  

For further information, please, call 76/500-563 or write to tajekoztatas [at] kjmk.hu.

>> www.nava.hu

Preparation for the ECDL exam Preparation for the ECDL exam

Prepare yourself in our library for the ECDL exam

We provide you with the possibility to learn on your own, to use our computers equipped with the necessary programs and the training curriculum.

On the first floor of the library there is an area for self-study with modern PC-s for our readers wishing to pass an ECDL exam.

In addition to the training curriculum for the use on the spot, there is a growing collection of specialized textbooks in the lending stock.

The service is only for our registered readers.

Ajánlott tananyag: ECDL oktatócsomag>>
 

Minden információ az ECDL-ről a Neumann János Számítógép-tudományi Társaság honlapján >>
 

INFORMATIKA - Ingyenes elektronikus Tananyag >>

 

Service of monitoring calls for proposals Service of monitoring calls for proposals

By order and for a fee, we undertake to monitor different calls for proposals both in the dailies and the periodicals in our collection and in the journals accessible in the Internet. This service is offered mostly for local governments. We collect every call announced by the state, the local governments, legal entities (foundation, research institutes, etc.) or private individuals in connection with the following:

-public education, culture, science

-scholarship

-public health, welfare policies

-infrastructure (support of development and investments)

-protection of nature and the environment

-calls for local governments

-economic ventures that might be important for the local governments in our county (e.g. offer for investments in tourism)

-other (what the customer, apart from the above, considers to be important)

The price of this service depends on the frequency and the form of the transmission of the calls, i.e. photocopy, e-mail or post.

For further information, please, call 76/500-563 or write to tajekoztatas [at] kjmk.hu.

Relying upon our printed and electronic documents, we help our registered members being interested in this subject to understand the system of calls for proposals.  

For further information, please, call 76/500-560 or write to info [at] kjmk.hu of the Infotheque service unit.

Compilation of bibliography Compilation of bibliography

With this service we can help you to be well up in a subject and to write a school exercise, a paper, etc. If you need the specialist literature of a particular area of science not only once, in the reading rooms you can ask for the compilation of a bibliography, while filling in a form and answering questions as follows:

-specify the subject and the question

-to what are you in need of the bibliography

-what type of resources do you want to use (books, periodicals, other documents)

-in what languages (Hungarian, English, German, etc.) is the specialist literature necessary

-resources from which years would be appropriate

-how many items are needed

-how will you ask about the answer

For further information, please, call 76/500-563 or write to tajekoztatas [at] kjmk.hu.

Listen to music recommended by the channel no.6. Listen to music recommended by the channel no.6.

In the Music section, one of the channels reserved for listening to music on the spot is the channel no. 6. Its purpose is to showcase the music collection of the library. Every month the librarians of this service make a suggestion about particular sound recordings in connection with special events and different anniversaries to listen on the spot.
 
For further information, please, call 76/500-574 or write to zenei [at] kjmk.hu.

The International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award The International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

Az International DUBLIN Literary Award-hoz könyvtárunk 2002 óta küld jelöléseket. Természetesen igyekszünk felkutatni és jelölni a magyar szerzők angol megjelenésű regényeit, hiszen mi vagyunk az egyetlen magyar könyvtár a nemzetközi mezőnyben.

A díjat 1994-ben alapította Dublin város, 1996-ban adták ki először, azóta évente választják ki a nyertest a könyvtárak ajánlásai alapján. A jelölés feltétele, hogy az adott könyvnek angolul is meg kell jelennie. A díj magas jutalommal, 100 ezer euróval jár, melyet a szerző és az esetleges fordító kap.

Az utóbbi években díjat nyert alkotások kölcsönözhetőek:

 
2020: Milkman / Anna Burns
 
2019: Idaho / Emily Ruskovich
 
2018: Solar bones / Mike McCormack

Solar bones / Mike McCormack. - Edinburgh : Canongate, 2017.

2017: José Eduardo Agualusa: A General Theory of Oblivion

2016: Family life / Akhil Sharma

Family life : a novel / Akhil Sharma. - New York, London : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. - 2014.

2015: Harvest / Jim Crace

Harvest / Jim Crace. - London : Picador, cop. 2013.

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Az utolsó aratás / Jim Crace ; [ford. Pék Zoltán]. - Bp. : 21. Század Kiadó, 2018.

2014: The Sound of Things Falling / Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The sound of things falling / Juan Gabriel Vásquez. - London : Bloomsbury, cop. 2011.

2013: City of Bohane / Kevin Barry

City of Bohane / Kevin Barry. - London : Vintage, 2012.

2012: Evewn the dogs / Jon Mcgregor

Even the dogs / Jon Mcgregor. - London : Bloomsbury, 2011.

2011: Let the Great World Spin / Colum McCann

Let the great world spin / Colum McCann. - London : Bloomsbury, cop. 2009.

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Hadd forogjon a nagyvilág / Colum McCann ; [ford. Berta Ádám]. - Budapest : Magvető, 2013.

2010: The Twin / Gerbrand Bakker

The Twin / Gerbrand Bakker ; transl. ...by David Colmer. - London : Vintage, 2009.

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Az iker / Gerbrand Bakker ; [ford. Szőcs Petra]. - Budapest : Magvető, 2013.

2009: Man Gone Down / Michael Thomas

Man gone down / Michael Thomas. - London : Atlantic Books, 2009.

2008: DeNiro’s Game / Rawi Hage

De Niro's Game / Rawi Hage. - New York : Harper Perennial, 2007.

2007: Out Stealing Horses / Per Petterson

Out stealing horses / Per Petterson ; transl. by Anne Born. - London : Vintage, 2005.

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Lótolvajok / Per Petterson ; [ford., utószót írta Földényi Júlia]. - Budapest : Scolar, cop. 2009

2006: The MASTER / Colm Tóibín

2005: The Known World / Edward P. Jones

The known world / Edward P. Jones. - NewYork : Amistad, 2003

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Az Ismeretlen Világ / Edward P. Jones ; [ford. Pék Zoltán]. - Budapest : Kelly, [2010].

2004: This Blinding Absence of Light / Tahar Ben Jelloun

2003: My Name is Red / Orhan Pamuk

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: A nevem Piros / Orhan Pamuk ; [ford. Tasnádi Edit]. - Budapest : Ulpius-ház, 2007

2002: Atomised (The Elementary Particles ) / Michel Houellebecq

Magyar nyelven is megjelent: Elemi részecskék / Michel Houellebecq ; ford. Tótfalusi Ágnes ; ford. Tótfalusi István. - Budapest : Magvető, cop. 2001

További információ: http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/

Learning in the library Learning in the library

Our library does not only support the official and formal education, but offers valuable services for those interested in studying in the out of school system or for those having the  intention to learn independently.

We attach primary attention to teach ICT competencies and to ensure the necessary infrastructure accordingly. We would like to help people to

-        be informed not only from the traditional sources, but in the world of the new electronic information carriers, be digitally literate and develop their skills

-        access more diverse learning possibilities

-        have access to the necessary facilities and use the Internet

In order to acquire the competencies in the modern ICT, you can have help from the ECDL programme package: ECDL programcsomag.

We can provide information in connection with Hungarian as well as with foreign trainings, the possibilities of further studies and distance learning. Information sheets related to institutions of the secondary, vocational and higher education can be found in our collections and the Internet resources are accessible, too.

For further information, please, call 76/500-563 or write to tajekoztatas [at] kjmk.hu.

Information service of the library Information service of the library

An information desk can be found on each floor of the library and there, qualified librarians provide information about:

-the library services

-the library system

-the collection and its processing

-the use of the catalogue

-the resources of given subjects and pieces of information

In the so-called Infotheque service unit

You can get civic information, information of public use and public interests; legal information (national and local law); entrepreneurial and economic information; tourist information and information related to computing and informatics.

Main fields of information gathering and providing service

Distance education

Institutions, courses and trainings in Hungary

Career choices

Collecting and acquisition of information material related to national and local institutions of secondary and higher education as well as CD-ROM-s supporting the career choices. Information in connection with the subject

School-leaving exam and entrance exams

Traditional and electronic information during the subject periods

NGO-s

Highlighted development and systematisation of the related specialist literature, list of addresses and legislation related to NGO-s

Calls for proposals

Monitoring calls for proposals concerning mostly economy, trade and tourism (announcers, documents in print and web pages)

Submitting a proposal

Search for institutions and organisations teaching how to write to submit a proposal. List of addresses and links

EU – Europe Direct

Collecting and providing topical information related to the membership of Hungary. Information mostly about calls for proposals (announcers, current tenders, methodological information); work and study possibilities in the member states; news and programmes in connection with equal opportunity

 

Continuous data processing of local legislation

-the minutes of the General Assembly of Bács-Kiskun County Government

-the minutes of the General Assembly of the Municipal Government of Kecskemét, the county town

-the minutes of the local Romany Minority Government in Kecskemét

-the minutes of the local German Minority Government in Kecskemét

For further information, please, call 76/500-563 or write to the following e-mail addresses tajekoztatas [at] kjmk.hu and info [at] kjmk.hu.

Small study room Small study room

On the second floor where you can find the two reading rooms, there is also a small room reserved for those doing research and having the intention to use our collection and the databases only accessible on the spot during long periods of time, continually and intensively. Only validly registered members of the library may make use of this small room. A written agreement between the member requiring the room and the library should be concluded. The documents used here, in this one-person study, can be left here until the end of the researcher’s work.

Further information can be asked for on the telephone no.: 76/500-576 and in e-mail helyismeret [at] kjmk.hu.