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In addition to external batteries (power banks), the ELTE University Library’s first floor circulation desk also offers the possibility to borrow headphones during your stay at the library. Headphones can be requested at the circulation desk with a valid library card. Our staff is pleased to help you. We wish you a pleasant time!

The ELTE University Library and Archives was represented at the unveiling of a memorial plaque in Sopron, the hometown of Dr. Marianne Czeke, the first Hungarian librarian who worked at our institution for two decades, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of her birth.

Marianne Czeke, the first Hungarian librarian, was born 150 years ago.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in October contains the works of three 17th-century Protestant thinkers, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

On the 28th and the 29th of September 2023, the ELTE University Library and Archives, in cooperation with the National Széchényi Library, the Institute of History of the Humanities Research Centre and the Archives of the Hungarian Order of the Society of Jesus, organised a series of scientific lectures to mark the 250th anniversary of the dissolution of the Society of Jesus and the 300th anniversary of the birth of George Pray.

In the framework of the Autumn Festival of Museums, between 13 October 2023 and 10 November 2023, we invite science and book lovers to a guided tour of the Eötvös exhibition, a book and restoration workshop, guided tours of the library and an exhibition of documents related to the Hungarian Jesuit missions in South America.

On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Budapest University Athletic Club, the ELTE University Library and Archives joined the initiative as a sponsor and donor.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be temporarily closed on the 28th of September 2023 for conference.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In September our feature is on the father of Hungarian critical historiography, the former director of our library, György Pray.

The ELTE University Library and Archives invites all visitors to the conference „Jesuit – Pray – Codex” on the 28th and the 29th of September 2023.

The library intended to draw attention to the protection of our cultural values and the preservation of our built heritage with our event organized in the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University within the framework of this year's Cultural Heritage Days.

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of György Pray, the father of Hungarian critical historiography and former director of our library, and the 250th anniversary of the abolition of the Jesuit order, we invite you to an exhibition of documents related to the missions of the Hungarian Jesuits in South America.

Due to the Cultural Heritage Days, the library services of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be inaccessible on Saturday, on the 16th of September 2023.

On Saturday, the 16th of September 2023, as part of the Cultural Heritage Days, we will open our library doors to the public again. All visitors are welcome!

Save a book, adopt it! Our book Ferenc Menyői Tolvaj: The Mastery of Arithmetic, presented in September, is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In August our feature is on the first chronicler of the university’s history, Ferenc Kazy.

Save a book, adopt it! One of the most important works of Pavao Ritter Vitezović in our volume presented in August is "Stemmatography", which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

The architectural history exhibition entitled "The Window to Rodostó" can be seen in Hungary this July in the area of the Gül Baba Cultural Center and Exhibition Hall. The exhibition also includes copies of the drawings of painter and draftsman Kálmán Beszédes made in Rodosto in 1891-92, which were included in our library as part of his legacy.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In July our feature is on the owner of the collection, that forms the basis of the university’s mineral and rock collection, Matthias Piller.

Between the 31st of July and the 2nd of September 2023, our library and the Eötvös Exhibition will be closed.