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The Reading Hall will be closed between 12.00 and 16.00 on the 30th of May 2023 due to an MTVA-filming.

From the 30th of May 2023, ELTE University Library will open the ground-floor training room from the lobby to library users, offering free and gratis use of 10 library laptops.

The ELTE University Library and Archives and the European Documentation Centre (EDC) Szombathely have signed a cooperation agreement, according to which the Savaria University Library and Archives will provide library support to the EDC Szombathely, which is part of the ELTE Berzsenyi Dániel Teacher Training Centre.

The ELTE University Library and Archives offers extended opening hours for readers and students on weekdays and Saturdays between the 30th of May and the 1st of July 2023 until 22.00 hours, on a trial basis. Our training room will also be available, offering free computer access and learning opportunities.

With the support of the National Cultural Fund, between the 9th and the 11th of May 2023, a management training course was held for the library managers of the University Library Service and the managers and staff of the ELTE University Library and Archives.

ELTE lecturers and students are invited to follow the message published in the Neptun study system and to help us by filling in the questionnaire. Thank you in advance for your support.

We are pleased to announce that the Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) has accepted the application of the journal „Lejana. Revista Crítica de Narrativa Breve” to the Scopus database. „Lejana” publishes scientific papers of literary criticism in Spanish and English of short fiction Spanish works. The journal is published since 2010 by its editor, the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities Department of Spanish Language and Literature. It is an 'MTMT Qualified Journal' from 2023.

What can a Latin entry in humorous Greek letters in an 11th century Gospel book tell us? Who and why would have had a small manuscript booklet of Janus Pannonius' letters made in the early 16th century? What did the user of a Janus volume think of the poet's epigrams? Find out in our virtual exhibition, based on the chamber exposition entitled „Janus Pannonius from Humanism to the Baroque”, on display from September to November 2022.

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 April our feature is on the founder of our university’s medal collection, Leopold Fischer.

The Council of the Leaders of Hungarian Archives (MLVT) organises its annual meeting between the 18th and 20th of May 2023 in Lakitelek. The main topic of the workshop on the 19th of May 2023 is the collection field activities of archives, with a presentation by the head of our archives, Krisztina Tóth, PhD, entitled „Collection field tasks and issues at the Eötvös Loránd University”.

Our series entitled “Mosaics from the heritage of ELTE” presents some of the key material cultural heritage of the Eötvös Loránd University. The object of the month is the Golden Eagle.

We would like to inform our visitors that due to the ongoing storage cleaning work, some of our stock sections will be unavailable or only partially available from the 10th of May 2023 until the end of May.

In the first semester of 2023 Elsevier offers free online trainings in English and Hungarian for researchers, university lecturers, MA and PhD students and librarians. Trainings by the Elsevier Online Training Hub, Elsevier Webinars for Central & Eastern Europe in English.

Elsevier has offered trial access to its Complete Anatomy digital database. The database can be tested between the 26th of April 2023 and the 30th of June 2023.

This year, ELTE Trefort Ágoston Teacher Training High School celebrated the 150th anniversary of its foundation and adopted eight prints of great significance to the history of the school, which are preserved in the ELTE University Library and Archives.

The exhibition was compiled by the staff of the University Library and Knowledge Center of the University of Pécs in 2022, the 90th anniversary of the death of cultural politician Kuno Klebelsberg (1875–1932). The traveling exhibition of the University of Pécs can be seen for one month from April 24, 2023 in the hall of the ELTE University Library and Archives. The exhibition is free of charge, if you are not a registered reader, please indicate your intention to visit at the entrance.

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 April our feature is on the collector of Hungarian history sources and the most significant figure in Jesuit ascetic literature, Gábor Hevenesi.

The ELTE University Library and Archives announces an online training on managing research data and preparing a research data management plan. The presentation will also cover the proper management of research data and the preparation of the research data management plan required by NKFIH as part of the application to OTKA grants. There are two available sessions of the training. Registration is required for each presentation.

Wolters Kluwer Publishing has offered trial access to the Lippincott Williams and Wilkins medical journal database. The database is available for testing between the 17th of April 2023 and the 17th of May 2023, connected to the university's internet network.

Due to an event, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, on the 21st of April 2023. From Saturday, from the 22nd of April 2023, we will be open again.