The People of Mezőkövesd in the Tide of World War II.
by Zoltán Babucs – György Szmetana

The People of Mezőkövesd in the Tide of World War II.

Babucs-Szmetana: Mezőkövesdiek a II. világháború viharábanIt was more then a life-time ago, that the peace of the Don got disturbed by the agony and scream of death, gunfire cracking and shelling. The horrors of war and the battle of captivity are the themes of this book and it is about the people of Mezőkövesd. The authors’ research work was much helped by the people’s photos and relics. The diaries of János Nyeste and József Gáspár, as additional sources, are giving records of the battles, marching, everyday life, starvation, freezing, the misery and brutality they had to suffer. The book closes with a list of untraceably people’ data. As for the printing, unfortunately there’s much room for improvement.

The book is available in Hungarian!

Corn in the Ear by Mátyás Kovács

The literary heritage of a matyó man.

Corn in the Ear

Every single page of this book was written by our beloved father, picturing his very own ideas, his emotions and his deep faith in God. His writings depict the story of a man who devoted himself to his family and to his matyó community.

Who was this man? To us, his five children, he was an icon, a hero, a loving but hard and strict parent, planting chastity, piety and honesty into us from the very beginning.

He was a devoted citizen of Mezőkövesd, always deeply caring for the town. He was always keeping traditions and folk customs. He talked and wrote about the issues of reading, knowledge and preserving culture because he feared of people losing their heritage.”

Junios Mátyás Kovács

The book is available in Hungarian!

Without a Crane – Unprotected by Gyula Kiss

Without a Crane – Unprotected

This book is a tribute to the 75-year-old author.

The writing career of Gyula Kiss is colourful like a matyó rose. His poems picture a generation’s history, history as it is, picturing unprotected, stumbling, fallible people craving for the good and the righteous, longing for the big experience meanwhile wisely taking in their own environment. The contemporary writer’s role is to show the harsh reality under the light ‘gabby surfice’. This is exactly what Gyula Kiss is doing.

He is a drifter. He has to face the classic dilemma. He got craned at many crossroads, that he always handled with his lyricist’s optimism, always seeing the bright side of life. He realized :

“The traveler may think he is new on the road, but the road seems to know the traveler well, greeting him from everywhere”

Writers contrast with ordinary people, being untouchables. He had been deprived of his author shelter in Ostoros by the civil office in vain, since he rebuilt it although not with bricks this time but with his poems making it undestroyable.

János Pap

The book is available in Hungarian!

7th October, 2010. Thursday 5 PM

Talk on
‘The vampires are already in the pantry’
by András Réz
writer, artistic director of the Academy Werk

Welcome speech by Gergey Szabó
Executive director of Média Nonprofit Kft, Mezőkövesd

Venue:
Town Library reading room
3400 Mezőkövesd,1. Madách I. u.

The TAMOP (SROP) program is implemented through
the tender numbered 3.2.4-08/1-2009-0048.

Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment

ANDRÁS RÉZ writer, artistic director of the Academy Werk

Born in Budapest on 28th September, 1951. Student of Kossuth Lajos University, Faculty of Humanities between 1970-1971. Graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE University , got a degree in Hungarian and Russian ( 1971-1975). Worked as a freelance film researcher, translator and literary translator between 1975-1979. From 1979 to 1982 he worked for the Hungarian Motion Picture Art Instituite, then he was the head of the Artitstic Department of the Film Directorate of Cultural Affairs between 1983-1987. Managing director of Réz and Co. Ltd since 1991. Editor in chief and managing director of the interior design magazines ‘Atrium’ and later the ‘Order and Space’ between 1994-1998. Together with Gábor Fabricius they are running the WERK media school.

His books: Linda szafari, A szelek háza, Válogatott szorongásaim, Orr, Mozibubus, Köldök
Scripts: Linda (Tv Series), Angyalbőrben (Tv Series), Família Kft. (Tv Series)
Plays: Az ördög éve (1998), 56 csepp vér (2007)

8th October, 2010. Friday 2PM

Dr. István Főzy
geologist/ panteologist
Lecture on ‘ From Dragons to Dinos’

Venue:
Town Library, Children Department
3400 Mezőkövesd, 144. Mátyás király út

The TAMOP (SROP) program is implemented through
the tender numbered 3.2.4-08/1-2009-0048.

Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment

9th October, 2010. Saturday 10AM

Mrs Ildikó Soós
homeopathic and facial diagnostican
Lecture on ‘ Immune stimulation and immune system enhancement homeopathy’

Venue:
Town Library, Children Department
3400 Mezőkövesd, 144. Mátyás király út

The TAMOP (SROP) program is implemented through
the tender numbered 3.2.4-08/1-2009-0048.

Beneficiary: Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment

Free facial diagnostics after the lecture!

Successful TÁMOP tender in the library 30.07.2010.

Mezőkövesd Town Library won 16,698,161 HUF with the tender ‘ Knowledge Depot – Express’ announced by the National Development Agency. The Social Renewal Operational Program (TÁMOP 3.2.4/08/1)  is aimed at training for lifelong learning and the develpment of library services for lifelong learning in the service.

Thanks to TÁMOP our main projects are : to have the website (www.matyovk.hu) of the library translated into English and German, make electronic catalog available on the web ( already completed), carry out document processing ( currently 50% is processed), organize writer-reader meetings, workshops for children, professional courses and other library events, and also provide professional and language courses for library employees in 2010 and 2011.

Ensuring the availability of the web page has already started, document processing is to be completed by the end of 2011.

Project name: TÁMOP 3.2.4/08/1
Project title : The development of library services for lifelong learning in the service
Tender announced by : The National Development Agency
Tender announcer URL : www.nfu.hu
Contributor organization : Support Manager Directorate of Ministry of Education and Culture.
Address of contributor organization : H-1055 Budapest, 5. Bihari János utca
Contributor organization URL : : www.okmt.hu
Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment
Beneficiary URL : www.mezokovesd.hu
The project is funded by the E.U. and co-financed by the European Regional Development.

TIOP tender – 30.07.2010.

Mezőkövesd Town Library joint with the Felsőzsolca General Cultural Centre’s Library has won 8 million HUF with the tender ‘ Knowledge Depot – Express’ announced by the National Development Agency. The Social Renewal Operational Program (TIOP 3.2.4/08/1) is aimed at coordinating development of infrastructure of library services. The tender is titled: ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.

From the 4 million HUF Mezőkövesd Library received, the following assets have been purchased:

• screen-reader device for visually impaired readers – provide self-help library
• 10 work stations with Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft office 2010 software package, of which 5 pieces are for the readers, 2 pieces for reader service work, and 3 for office adminsitrative work will be used.
• 1 multi-media computer with Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft office 2010 software package which are competent to execute image editing tasks and digitizing.
• A4 Colour Laser Printer
• Projector and presenter for lectures
• A4 Graphics Board
• Our internal computer network has been developed and expedited (new router, switch)

All these new tools are available to serve our readers.

Project name TIOP 1.2.3/09/1-2009
Project title: ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.
Tender announced by: The National Development Agency
Tender announcer URL: www.nfu.hu
Contributor organization: Support Manager Directorate of Ministry of Education and Culture.
Address of contributor organization: H-1055 Budapest, 5. Bihari János utca
Contributor organization URL: www.okmt.hu
Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment
Beneficiary URL : www.mezokovesd.hu
The project is funded by the E.U. and co-financed by the European Regional Development.

NKA tender – 30.07.2010.

Mezőkövesd Town Library of KÖZKINCS-TÁR Nonprofit Ltd has won 2 million HUF with its Library Technical College tender from the National Cultural Fund for service area expansion.

The computer room has been already equipped with the computers won with the TIOP 1.2.3/09/1 tender. Here readers have computer and Internet access ( Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft Office 2010)

When designing the local history search room , our main goal was to store the collection of local documents in one room, and that in the same place provide space for readers to research and learning.

The library reading room is increased by nearly 50m2 to serve our readers.

TIOP Tender – 01.03.2010.

Mezőkövesd Town Library joint with the Felsőzsolca General Cultural Centre’s Library has won 8 million HUF with the tender ‘ Knowledge Depot – Express’ announced by the National Development Agency. The Social Renewal Operational Program (TIOP 3.2.4/08/1) is aimed at coordinating development of infrastructure of library services. The tender is titled : ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.

Both Libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd received 4 million HUF.

The project was the primary source to develop and modernize the library’s outdated IT assets and provide up-to-date and user friendly equipment.

The Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd Libraries’ ICT tools are incomplete, outdated, do not meet the needs of the readers nor the library staff. The present project provides an opportunity for purchasing the missing equipment, softwares and ICT equipment. The development helps to expand the current services, introduce new library services, such as readers and staff workstations, colour printing, writer-reader meetings, conferences, projection presentations to supplement courses.

Tender accomplishment – the purchase of ICT equipment – is to begin on 1st April, 2010.

Project name TIOP 1.2.3/09/1-2009
Project title: ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.
Tender announced by : The National Development Agency
Tender announcer URL : www.nfu.hu
Contributor organization : Support Manager Directorate of Ministry of Education and Culture.
Address of contributor organization : H-1055 Budapest, 5. Bihari János utca
Contributor organization URL : : www.okmt.hu
Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment
Beneficiary URL : www.mezokovesd.hu
The project is funded by the E.U. and co-financed by the European Regional Development.