Csemegi Károly Könyvtár, Csongrád

The new building of the public library of Csongrad was finished in 2001, this area of 1000 m2 used to be former as canteen and had to be hardly restored before the library moved to it. Visitors entered the bibliothek are welcomed by a modern reception room. It overlooks to the Reading-room wich is filled with many periodicals and close to 7000 reference books. The European Union's Information Centre for Public Libraries is also located in this dayroom. It helps inform visitors about the Union. Taking an other direction from the entrance the adult or the children holdings can be reached. The long corridor between the two sections permits a place for computers. You can use the internet on a high speed line at 512 kbit/sec transfer rate, but only under opening hours. Microwave connection is responsible for continuous data transmission. There are 25 machines in the Information Center connected in a local network.