Chart of Rates
| ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMBERSHIP | CHARGES |
| Registration for natural and legal persons | free of charge / 12 months |
| Administration fee of registration reader card | HUF 400 / 12 months |
| Administration fee of online registration for remote access to online databases | HUF 1700 / 30 days |
| Administration fee of online registration for remote access to the e-book loan system | HUF 1700 / 30 days |
| Administration fee of online registration for remote access simultaneously to online databases and e-book loan system | HUF 3000 / 30 days |
| Daily card | HUF 1700 / day |
| Registration fees (for natural persons, see legal persons below) | |
| in the Central Library | HUF 8100 / 12 months |
| HUF 5600 / 6 months | |
| HUF 4100 / 3 months | |
| in the branches belonging to categories I and II* | HUF 5600 / 12 months |
| HUF 4300 / 6 months | |
| HUF 3100 / 3 months | |
| in the branches belonging to category III** | HUF 3200 / 12 months |
| HUF 2300 / 6 months | |
| HUF 1700 / 3 months | |
| Establishment of membership for using all branches simultaneously | HUF 10000 / 12 months HUF 7700 / 6 months |
| Registration fees for legal persons | The tripled rate of fees for natural persons (3/6/12 months) |
| Complex library service fee as per contract | For individual users, equal to the fee of membership for using all branch libraries at once. When calculating the fee, legal discounts to which users are entitled must be taken into account. |
| *You can find further information about the discounts by clicking here ** See registration fees of the branch libraries in Appendix # 5, Terms of Use. |
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| SERVICES | CHARGES |
| I. Basic services | |
| I.1. Basic services provided only in the library as a public library | |
| Use of the Library | free of charge |
| Local use of ’reference-only’ parts of collections assigned by the Library | free of charge |
| Use of equipment for delving into the holdings, use of OPAC in the Library by library equipment | free of charge |
| Information on services of the Library and the library system | free of charge |
| I.2. Use of library computers with the barcode of library card; available only for users with library memberships or daily cards! | free of charge |
| I.3. E-mail notification sent 2 weeks before the expiration of membership | free of charge |
| II. Services available for readers with a membership or daily card, without further charges | |
| Loan of library documents (printed documents, slides, certain audiovisual documents); readers can borrow 18 items of different types of document altogether, in a branch library. | |
| II.1. Books (max. 10 items) | free of charge / 4 weeks |
| II.2. Bestsellers (max. 2 items) | free of charge / 2 weeks |
| II.3. Loan of weeklies, periodicals (max. 10 pieces) | free of charge / 2 weeks |
| II.4. Loan of music sheets (max. 6 items) | free of charge / 4 weeks |
| II.5. Loan of slides, filmstrips (max. 6 items) | free of charge 2 weeks |
| II.6. Loan of CD-ROMs (max. 3 items) | free of charge / disc / week |
| II.7. Loan of audiobook on CD - only for blind and visually impaired people (max. 6 items) | free of charge / 4 weeks |
| II.8. DVD – for heavily disabled people | free of charge / 1 week |
| II.9. Audiobook on tape (max. 6 items) | free of charge / 4 weeks |
| II.10. Loan of videotape (VHS) (max. 3 items) | free of charge / 1 week |
| Loan of equipment | |
| II.11. Loan of CD-player and tape recorder for heavily disabled people | free of charge / 4 weeks |
| Amenities related to document borrowing | |
| II.12. Notice before the due date sent in e-mail | free of charge |
| II.13. Warning on the 45th day after the due date sent in e-mail | free of charge |
| II.14. Renewal of the due date | free of charge |
| II.15. Home delivery service of the borrowed documents for homebound people | free of charge |
| II.16. Collecting of reserved documents from self-servicing book delivery machines (locker) in designated libraries | HUF 300 / document |
| Use of subscribed databases | |
| II.17. Subscribed databases - only in the Library | free of charge |
| II.18. Use of subscribed databases for readers with library membership - as a remote service (depending on provider’s contract) | free of charge |
| Use of library equipment | |
| II.19. Use of library computers | free of charge |
| II.20. Use of library computers for the visually impaired (by designated computers) | free of charge |
| II.21. Audiovisual documents used in the library by library equipment | free of charge |
| WiFi use by own equipment | |
| II.22. Use of WiFi for unlimited time in opening hours, in designated libraries | free of charge |
| III. | |
| IV. Other services for a fee to people with a reader card with loan privileges | |
| Loan (other documents) | |
| IV.1. DVD (max. 6 items) | free of charge / week |
| IV.2. Graphics (max. 4 pieces) | HUF 450 / piece / 3 months |
| IV.3. Audiobooks - on CD (max. 6 items) | HUF 300 / title / 4 weeks |
| IV.4. Educational packages (max. 2 packages) | HUF 500 / package / 4 weeks |
| IV.5. Music CD or pre-recorded CD (max. 6 items) | free of charge / week |
| Other services | |
| IV.6. Renewal of documents borrowable for a fee | charge of borrowing |
| IV.7. Interlibrary loan between branches of the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library | HUF 500 / volume |
| IV.8. Reservation | HUF 300 / volume |
| IV.9. Interlibrary loan | postage costs |
| IV.10. Use of library computers with a reader card with borrowing privileges | free of charge |
| IV.11. User training | HUF 150 / hour |
| IV.12. Attending library events with entrance fee | as per entrance fee of event |
| V. Reprographic and office services for a fee to readers with library membership | |
| V.1. Making a digital copy (scanning) | |
| Documents belonging to the museum collection | |
| Technical costs of copies for public use | HUF 600 / image |
| Downloading from the Budapest Picture Archive on the internet | free of charge |
| In the branches | |
| Section form books, book illustration, article | HUF 50 / page |
| V.2. Self-service scanning with preuploaded balance (only in the Central Library and the Petőfi 200 Memorial Library of Soroksár) | HUF 10 / page |
| V.3. Order of photocopy in black and white (only in designated libraries) | A/4: HUF 45 / page A/3: HUF 55 / page |
| V.4. Lamination (A/4) | HUF 200 / sheet |
| V.5. Printing (only in designated branch libraries) | |
| In size A4 | |
| Black and white text | HUF 60 / page |
| Text in color | HUF 270 / page |
| Picture in black and white (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 200 / page |
| Picture in color (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 300 / page |
| In size A3 | |
| Black and white text | HUF 110 / page |
| Text in color | HUF 400 / page |
| Picture in black and white (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 400 / page |
| Picture in color (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 600 / page |
| IV.6. Self-service photocopy in black and white with preuploaded balance (only in the Central Library and the Petőfi 200 Memorial Library of Soroksár) | A4: HUF 30 / page A3: HUF 40 / page |
| V.7. Self-service photocopy and printing in color with preuploaded balance (only in the Central Library and the Petőfi 200 Memorial Library of Soroksár) | A4: HUF 200 / page A3: HUF 400 / page |
| V.8. Paper copy of a microfilm, in size A4 | HUF 130 / page |
| VI. Services available free of charge, without library membership | |
| VI.1. Programs of library use for school groups and accompanying teachers | free of charge |
| VI.2. Library visit with the purpose of library profession | free of charge |
| VI.3. Visit of public library programs | free of charge |
| VI.4. Library from Home online information service | free of charge |
| VI.5. Information Service for Higher Education | free of charge |
| VII. Services available for a fee, without library membership | |
| Certain reprographic and office services (only in designated libraries) | |
| VII.1. Making a digital copy (scanning) | |
| Documents belonging to museum collection | |
| Technical costs of copies for public use | HUF 600 / image |
| Downloading from the Budapest Picture Archive on the internet | free of charge |
| VII.2. Making a digital copy of the customer’s own document (scanning) | HUF 50 / page |
| VII.3. Photocopying in black and white | A/4: HUF 60 / page A/3: HUF 70 / page |
| VII.4. Lamination (A4) (only in the Library of Dagály utca) | HUF 400 / page |
| VII.54. Printing | |
| In size A4 | |
| Black and white text | HUF 80 / page |
| Text in color | HUF 300 / page |
| Picture in black and white (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 250 / page |
| Picture in color (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 400 / page |
| In size A3 | |
| Black and white text | HUF 150 / page |
| Text in color | HUF 500 / page |
| Picture in black and white (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 500 / page |
| Picture in color (the picture of the printed surface is at least 50 percent) | HUF 700 / page |
| Library visits for touristic purposes in the Central Library | |
| VII.7. Guidance in Hungarian | |
| Group guidance (minimum 10 people) | HUF 1900 / person |
| Group guidance for students and pensioners | HUF 600 / person |
| Group guidance for visitors with deficiency | free of charge |
| VII.8. Guidance in foreign languages | |
| Group guidance (minimum 10 people) | HUF 2700 / person |
| Group guidance for visitors with deficiency | free of charge |
| VII.9. Individual visit, not guided (tourist ticket) | HUF 1900 / person |
| Individual visit, not guided (tourist ticket) for children under the age of 6 | free of charge |
| VII.10. Guide available for individual visitors | HUF 5000 / occasion |
| VII.11. Use Wifi with own device for visitors with tourist tickets for the Central Library, during their stay | free of charge |
| Room rental, attending events with entrance fees | |
| VII.1. Rental of venues and rooms in the branches of the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library | as defined in the received quotation |
| VII.2. Attending of library events with entrance fees | as per entrance fee of event |
| VIII. Remote payment | |
| VIII.1. Remote payment | free of charge |
| VIII.2 Payment by card (only in designated libraries) | free of charge |
| Overdue charges | |
| Document types | Overdue charges |
| 1. Books, music sheets | HUF 70 / volume or piece / calendar day |
| 2. Journals, slides | HUF 70 /piece / calendar day |
| 3. Educational package | HUF 70 / package / calendar day |
| 4. Audiobook (CD and tape) | HUF 70 / title / calendar day |
| 5. DVD | HUF 100 / disc / calendar day |
| 6. Music CD and pre-recorded CD, video tape, CD-ROM | HUF 70 / disc or tape / calendar day |
| 7. Music disc and tape, pre-recorded discs and tapes | HUF 70 / piece / calendar day |
| 8. CD player and tape player | HUF 70 / piece / calendar day |
Source: MESZL Terms of Use