Hungary: INIS and Hungary

Physicists, chemists, researchers, and information specialists in Hungary, who are familiar with INIS, associate it with a certain person, Mr. Peter Roboz. Mr Roboz suggested that Hungary join INIS in 1970, knowing that it would prove to be an important and fruitful partnership for Hungary, as well as INIS. 45 years have passed since then and the INIS database has grown significantly. Today, the INIS database contains over 3.7 million bibliographic records, 20 738 of which were contributed by Hungary over the last 25 years. This may not sound like a lot, but Hungary has continuously sent input from the outset and this small country has always been among the top twenty most active INIS Members. Mr Roboz was very active in the INIS family until his death in 2004. His name is synonomous with INIS. On a final note, it is worth mentioning that the 3 millionth record input into the INIS database at the end of 2008 was a Hungarian journal article from the 2007 ATOMKI Annual Report