History of the Library
The Central European University Budapest Library was founded by George Soros in June 1992.
After several moves, the CEU Library is presently housed in the heart of the Central European University teaching site in downtown Budapest. The library building opened in 1995, with an extension added in 1997. The library premises is comprised of approximately 1,600 square meters of Open Access Area with 170 seating spaces, a closed stacks area of approximately 500 square meters, and an area for library offices.
The first library management system, known as Tinlib, was introduced in September 1993. As a result of a one-year project, Millennium, a modern, web-based library system, replaced Tinlib. The new catalog went live on July 1, 2002.The library catalog is accessible on computers throughout the Central European University campus and worldwide via the Internet.
Since its founding, the CEU Library has grown to become a medium-sized university library offering the largest collection of English-language holdings in the fields of the social sciences and the humanities in Central and East Europe.