Halis István Városi Könyvtár, Nagykanizsa

The Town Library of Nagykanizsa, the Halis István, is the biggest public library in South-Zala and was founded on 1st May, 1951. Although other libraries with educational aims existed before this time, we can only really speak of public libraries in their present form from 1951. The history of the library, including the development of its collections and services, has been unbroken from this point. Unfortunately, our library did not have the opportunity to completely take over the collections of earlier libraries in the town and only inherited a few documents from a previous town library and museum which had been in operation since 1919, its contents having been in the care of Halis István for a longer period. The actual site of the library has changed a lot since its foundation. From 1951 to 1956 it operated in the Town Council building at number 1, Ady utca only to later move to the former Craftsmen''s Association building in Sugár ut. In 1987.