| Education | |
| 1975 | secondary school: Rákóczi Gymnasium, Sárospatak, Hungary |
| 1980 | Master of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary librarian, teacher of English language and literature, lecturer in education science |
| 2010 | “Quality manager” specialised postgraduate degree, Eötvös József College, Baja, Hungary – joint training with the Hungarian Gallup Institute. |
| Work experience, professional activities | |
| 1980– | specialist translator |
| 1980–1995 | Centre for Library Science and Methodology, National Széchényi Library, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1980–1982 | Further training department: organiser of CE courses for librarians |
| 1983–1989 | Department for research, technical assistance and further training: advisor in library management |
| 1989–1995 | Maternity leave |
| 1995–1996 | School librarian, Móricz Zsigmond Gymnasium |
| 1996–2017 | Veterinary Science Library, Archives and Museum, University of Veterinary Science (Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University) Budapest, Hungary |
| Reference librarian – information specialist, head of readers’ service (1998–), deputy director (2000–2010), director (2010–2016) | |
| 2016– | EAEVE quality assurance expert |
| 2017–2020 | project manager, Department of Collection Management, University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University |
| 2020– | retired, self-employed |
| Quality management | |
| 2004–2016 | Quality management of the Veterinary Science Library: |
| · the introduction of Total Quality Management and indicators (2004) | |
| · benchmarking of standardized indicators (2006) | |
| · introduction of ISO 9001:2006 (2012) | |
| · self-evaluation required of libraries open to the public (2015) | |
| · regular surveys among users and different user groups | |
| 2012–2016 | Member of the faculty quality management committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary |
| · quality coordinator (2012–2016) | |
| · secretary of the committee responsible for the compilation of SER2 for EAEVE (2013–2014) | |
| 2017– | Member of visiting expert groups for EAEVE |
| 2017–2020 | Member of the process management group of the Library Network of the Eötvös Loránd University |
| 2020– | Member of the Committee on Internal Quality Assurance of EAEVE |
| Teaching | |
| 1984–1985 | Work processes of information centres and libraries at the Eötvös Loránd University postgraduate course for information experts |
| 1996–2006 | Library informatics for students of veterinary science (graduate and undergraduate) also in e-learning |
| 2011–2016 | Fundamentals of scientific writing (for students of veterinary science) |
| Publications | https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10023442 |
| Special interests | |
| Website | http://szurcsapespenna.hu (Culture and veterinary history) |
| Personal | nature (excursions, birding), social issues, cultural history, museums, theatre, toys |
