Curriculum vitae

 

Personal data
Name: dr. Ágnes Hajdu Barát
Place and date of birth: Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary), 19 January 1955.
Place of work: University of Szeged, Faculty of Gyula Juhász Teachers' Training College (JGYTF), Library and Information Science Department
Address: H-6723 Szeged, 12 Szilléri Avenue
Status: Head of the Department, college professor

Qualification
1973–1979 Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), university diploma in librarianship and physics
1985 ELTE, university doctorate
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998: British Council, management courses
1997 ELTE, PhD
2000 JGYTF college diploma in Russian language and literature

Places of work
1979–1986 Attila József University, Central Library, staff member
1986–1987JGYTF, Central Library, director
1987–ELTE Library and Information Science Department, senior lecturer
1989–1990JGYTF Library and Information Science Department, senior lecturer
1990–1992The Somogyi Library, director
1992–JGYTFK, Library and Information Science Department, senior lecturer, since 1995 associate professor, since 1999 head of the department, since 2000 college professor

Areas of special competence, research areas
Classification and Indexing, Knowledge Organization, Library Management, UDC-translation, Communication and Computer science

Command of languages
English, Russian

Professional associations
Hungarian Book Foundation, member of the advisory board until 1996
Library Accreditation Committee, president since 2000
National Culturale Further Training Accreditation Committee, president since 2001
Career in Librarianship, strategy board, member since 2003
Hungarian Library Association (MKE) substitute member of the board since 2003
MKE Csongrád County Section, member of the board since 2003
MKE Technical Librarian Section, member
Librarian of Csongrád County, member of the editorial board of the quaterly
International Society for Knowledge Organization, member
University of Szeged, JGYTFK, Capacity Optimalisation of Places Board, president since 2003
IFLA Knowledge Management Section Standing Commitee, member since 2005
UDC Consortium Advisory Board, member since 2005

Latest study tours
1999 Sweden, Finnland
2000 Italy
2002 Spain, Belgium
2003 Denmark, Italy, Spain
2004 Spain, Great-Britain, Sweden
2005 Spain, Italy, Ireland
2006 Finnland, Österreich, South-Korea

Conferences, lectures

2000

  • Felsőfokú iskolarendszerű képzés és továbbképzés - különös tekintettel a Szegedi Tudományegyetem Juhász Gyula Tanárképző Főiskolai Karon, Békéscsaba, 2000. ápr. 3. (Higher educational training and further training - with special reference to the Faculty of the Gyula Juhász Teachers' Training College. Békéscsaba (Hungary), 3 April 2000.

2001

  • A könyvtárosképzés helyzete és szintjei. (The situation and levels of training of librarians.) IKSZ conference, OSZK, Budapest, 3 April 2001.
  • Az ETO jelene és jövője. KELLO előadássorozat. (The present and future of the UDC.) Kódex könyváruház (Codex bookstore), Budapest, 17 May 2001.
  • Az iskolarendszerű képzés és továbbképzés a változó jogszabályok tükrében. (The schoolsystem and the extracurricular training as reflected in the changing legal regulation.) OSZK-Könyvtári Intézet, Budapest, 23 May 2001.
  • Igények és kínálat: A képzési piac. Egyetemi Könyvtárigazgatók Kollégiuma (Recquirements and offer: the training market. Committee of the University General Directors), Sopron (Hungary), 24-25 September 2001.
  • A szakfelügyeleti rendszer és az akkreditáció. (Professional supervision system and the accreditation.) OSZK-Könyvtári Intézet, Budapest, 9 October 2001.

2002

  • Előadássorozat az ETO jelzetszerkesztési szabályainak változásairól (Lecture series about the changing rules of the UDC-number building), Budapest, Juny 2002.

2003

  • Mire készítik fel a képző intézmények az informatikus könyvtárosokat? A könyvtáros életpálya változásai. (What are the training institutions preparing the information librarians for? Changing of the library career.) Kecskemét (Hungary), 3 March 2003.
  • Change in the Process of Cognition by Contemporary Information Technology.6th Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter, Salamanca (Spain), 5-7 May 2003.
  • General Information Retrieval Language Dictionary in the National Széchényi Library (Hungary). 6th Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter, Salamanca (Spain), 5-7 May 2003..
  • Személyes emlékek Galyasi Miklósról. Előadás Galyasi Miklós centenáriumi emléknapján. (Personal memories about Miklós Galyasi. Lecture on the centenary of Miklós Galyasi.) Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary), 18 June 2003.
  • Az információs műveltség átalakítása. Tudásalapú társadalom – információs műveltség. (Changing the information culture. Society based on knowledge - information culture.) International conference. Budapest, 16-17 October 2003.
  • Az iskolarendszerű és iskolarendszeren kívüli képzés. Vitanap a könyvtárosképzésről. (The schoolsystem and the extracurricular training. Debate about librarian training.) Informatikai és Könyvtári Szövetség (Informatics and Library Alliance), Budapest, 6 November 2003.

2004

  • UDC adaptation - possibilities and problems. Boras (Sweden), 26-30 April 2004.
  • Knowledge organization of the Universal Decimal Classification – new solutions, user-friendly methods from Hungary. 8th International ISKO Conference, London, 13-16 July 2004.

2005

  • Ágnes Hajdu Barát: Norvég nap (Norwegian day). MKE. Budapest, 24. June 2005.
  • The human dimension of knowledge organization. 7th Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter, Barcelona, 6–8. July 2005.
  • Hungarian new UDC edition. Libraries = A voyage of discovery. World Library and Information Congress. 71st IFLA General Conference and Council. Oslo, 11–21. August 2005.
  • European convergence, formation and labour market in information and documentation. Salamanca, 26–28. Octobre 2005.

2006

  • A kultúraközvetítés elmélete és gyakorlata (Theory and practice of transmitter of culture). SZTE JGYTFK. Szeged, 6–8. March 2006.
  • Pupils in Primaries and Librarians. Two levels of the Information Society in Hungary és Usability and the user interfaces of the classical information retrieval languages. 9th International ISKO Conference. Vienna, 3–9. July 2006.
  • Revision in UDC = 72st IFLA General Conference and Council. Seoul, 17–26. August 2006.

2007

  • Hungarians in the History of the UDC – traditions, editions and research. Új utakon a Pedagógusképző Kar. SZTE JGYPK. Szeged, 10. April 2007.
  • THE UDC - Edition, Actualities and Tasks. Szombathely, 5. April 2007.
  • Heisenberg and the Structure of Concept - Content and Dimension. 8th Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter, 18-20. April 2007.
  • Library Training in the Changing World. Hódmezővásárhely, 11. May 2007.
  • THE UDC - Edition, Actualities and Tasks. Szeged, 17. May 2007.
  • Multilevel Education, Training, Traditions and Research in Hungary. UDC Conference. Information Access for the Global Community: an International Seminar on the Universal Decimal Classification. Hague, 4-6. Juni 2007.

    Awards and honors
    1994, 1997 leading teacher of the Pro Scientia essay
    2002 "With Knowledge for Hungary", plaquette
    2003 Pro Juventute Eminent Teacher I

© dr. Ágnes Hajdu Barát