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On the 1st of September 2022, the ELTE University Library and Archives organised the tenth conference entitled Traditions and Challenges. This year's programme included presentations on the themes of Preserve, Protect, Serve and Preservation Practices in Higher Education Libraries.

The latest issue of the university history journal Gerundium (vol. 13., nos. 3–4.) contains several studies on the history of our university. Péter Tusor provides new data on the papal recognition of the university's foundation in Nagyszombat in 1635, Zsolt Kökényesi describes the aristocratic students who studied at the University of Nagyszombat between 1616 and 1773, László Szögi analyses the composition, social stratification and changes in the number of students at the University of Nagyszombat, Krisztina Tóth explains the circumstances of the tragic destruction of the university’s records in the 1950s.

New volume, "Practices of Research Data Management: Established procedures and pilot projects" has been published by the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and it is available online for free.

As of January 1st 2023, the L'Harmattan Digital Database will be available under a new name and at a new location that is the L'Harmattan Open Access és Archive platform.

A Magyar EXPO sikerek 1851-2021 című időszaki kiállításban az ELTE több értékes műtárgya is megtekinthető.

At the fourth quarterly report of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee 2022, the leaders of the working groups reported on the results of the past quarter, ongoing work and changes.

The Library will be closed between the 23rd of December and 1st of January 2023. Our library's services will be available from the 2nd of January 2023. We wish all our dear readers a very merry Christmas and a successful New Year!

There have been personnel changes on the board of trustees of the Foundation for the University Library. Dr. Edit Madas academician, and Judit Osskó architect, were admitted to the Board of Trustees as new members.

The quota for fully open journals (258) in the 2022 agreement with Springer has recently been exhausted on the 6th of December 2022. The possibility to publish in the publisher's corresponding hybrid journals is not affected by this exhaustion, authors are welcome to continue submitting manuscripts to these journals, and all APC applications received may be approved.

Due to technical reasons, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Saturday, on the 10th of December 2022. From Monday, from the 12th of December 2022, we will be open again. Thank you in advance for your understanding and supporting cooperation.

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 seal of the Faculty of Law, 1848.

The Foundation for the University Library supported the ELTE University Library and Archives by purchasing 5 external batteries. The new devices are ready for our readers.

Between the 5th of December 2022 and the 27th of February 2023, the archives can only be visited by Email registration. The archives will be closed between the 19th of December 2022 and the 8th of January 2023.

The training of secondary school teachers began at our university in the second half of the 19th century. The records of the examinations of teachers were preserved in the period between 1864 and 1949. In our database there are currently 9236 names.

The opening hours of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be changed from the 5th of December 2022. Our library will be open on weekdays between 9.00 and 15.00 to offer our readers a full range of services, on Saturdays our Reading Hall is available for study and reading. Borrowed books may be returned using our Bibliobox in the lobby until 18.00 on opening days. Thank you in advance for your understanding and supportive cooperation.

The Archives Portal Europe has been renewed. The site provides an opportunity to jointly search the documents of European archives and presents each institution in detail.

The ELTE IT Directorate discontinued the Stunnel service with effect of November 8, 2022. Instead, the VPN service can be used by both ELTE employees and students. Anyone who does not already have one, must apply for VPN service.

Trial access the nkoda database and music service is available for 30 days, which ends on December 13, 2022.

The World Who's Who online database published by Taylor and Francis is available as part of a thirty-day trial. Trial access lasts until November 30, 2022.

The University Library and Archives has requested trial access to the database Das Diensttagebuch von Wolfram Sievers und das SS-Ahnenerbe (1941–45) (SAEO) published by De Gruyter. The database is a primary source for researching Nazi Germany, and can be subscribed to it from November 2022. Trial access runs until December 6, 2022.