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In 1951 when the Railway Scientific Research Institute was founded the deed of foundation prescribed the establishement of the library.
The library collects all of the specialities of MÁV and the adjoining special fields too.
Since the foundation documentary activities have constituted part of library work.
Since 1957 our library has published a publication whose name is "Information on railway technical literature".
The collections of the library has progressivly grewn.
In 1965 a common order was enacted by the Ministry of Transport and Post and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to regulate the transport library system. It defined the function of documentation organizations.
The library got the status of documentation centre of MÁV in 1991.
The collection of the Documentation Centre and Library is unique in the field of railway transport in our country.
In 1998 a directive of MÁV was published on the unification of the library units of MÁV and our centre became the information centre and supervisory body.
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