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The former chief editor (2004-2016) of the monthly journal Könyv, Könyvtár, Könyvtáros (abbreviated as 3K) remembers his career. 3K started in 1992, replacing the former Könyvtáros, at a time when the traditional functions of the printed press started to change. The use of computers spread in Hungary as well, and both the production of journals and the collection of professional information was increasingly transferred to the electronic environment. During the paradigm change the character of 3K was identified as theoretical, and 3K chose a profile to publish essays and disseminate scientific knowledge in a high quality. Its subjects were universal, because 3K dealt with a variety of fringe subjects, too, in addition to library science. The difficulties in this period included continuous adaptation to the changes in financing and the efforts required to provide electronic access. The journal appears regularly today, and its editorial concept – to create a harmony between the past and the future, to inform readers about both professional tradition and novelties, and to provide a forum for younger and more experienced colleagues in various fields and professional areas – has remained timely even after 20 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This bibliography lists the scientific publications and published conference proceedings in the field of the history of printing, book publishing, the press, and libraries. The arrangement is by subject and alphabetical order within each group, further subdivided by century when warranted.

In the second half of the 1830’s, the Transylvanian press witnessed some remarkable events. This is the period when Johann Gott, a typographer of German origin started in Brasso-with the help of merchants-the printing of newspapers in German, Hungarian and Romanian languages. It was Gott’s merit to organize, support and keep up, as a bourgeois undertaking, the trilingual press of Brasso in these years. The first issue of ‘Sienbenburger Wochenblatt/Transylvanian Weekly’ appeared in May 1837. At the same time, Gott was also the publisher of a Romanian literary weekly appearing from the beginning of the same year. In the next year, the typographer published the first Hungarian language newspaper appearing in Brasso, entitled ‘Erdelyi Hirlap/Transylvanian Newspaper/’ as well as the first Transylvanian political newspaper in Romanian, ‘Gazeta de Transylvania/The Gazette of Transylvania’. The study focuses on the analysis of ‘Erdelyi Hirlap’ and its supplement, entitled ‘Mulattato/Paper for Amusement/’. In spite of the fact that the Hungarian weekly was published only for two years, it represented and important initiative taking into account the social and cultural conditions of Transylvania in the 1830’s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides an overview of the Hungarian and the international market of press monitoring from the point of view of specific user needs, listing the most important for-profit and free of charge providers and presenting their services. The market convergence and new development trends are demonstrated with concrete examples. The article also deals with the legislation of press monitoring, and includes a glossary as well as a brief history of press monitoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]