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Our guided tours focus on the history of the University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University. The library palace was designed by Antal Szkalnitzky. Up-to-date technology of the time was used for ventilation, heating and illumination. The tour will take you through the entrance hall decorated with sgraffiti to the reading room with figures on its ceiling which symbolise sciences and arts. Besides the magnificent art and architecture of the reading room of the University Library and Archives, you can also see an oil-painting of the middle-aged Franc Joseph I. by Mór Than. Our librarians will tell you the secrets, and show you the hidden nooks and crannies of the library. Join our library tour! For more details about our programs, please, visit our website.

We adumbrate in our restoration workshop, in which you can get a taste of bookrestoration. Behind the scenes you can learn about preserving our valuable documents and experience how a sewing frame can be used in bookbinding. All visitors are welcome! For more information, please visit our website.

As part of the Cultural Heritage Days, we will reopen the doors of our library for those interested on Saturday, the 18th of September, 2021.

The Reading Room of the Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives was filled on the concert of the Festival Academy Budapest on July 23, 2021.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University will host the concert of the Festival Academy Budapest on 23rd of July 2021 from 3.30 pm.

Based on feedback from our users, we have renewed our INeetABook service, which allows you to suggest books for purchase if they are not available in our library.

An exhibition on the history of the Pauline order was opened at the Hungarian National Museum between 15th June 2021 and 12th September 2021, where several Pauline manuscripts and prints keep from our library are also presented, including the following manuscripts: A 115, Cod. Lat. 115, Cod. Lat. 131.

We would like to inform our readers that on Friday, June 11, 2021, the book rental and return services at the ELTE University Library and Archives will be suspended at the Information Desk on the ground floor due to a professional program.

A virtual version of our popular periodical exhibition entitled Under the spell of Accuracy. The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös is now available.

We are waiting for you with renewed content and user-friendly appearance from June 2, 2021 on the website of the ELTE University Library and Archives at konyvtar.elte.hu. From a separate main menu item, the joint website of the ELTE University Library Service (EKSZ) is still available, but it can also be opened independently from eltekonyvtarak.elte.hu/en. In our article, we summarize the most important information to help our users navigate on the new portal.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Lorand University is glad to inform our dear Readers that according to the current university regulations, our reading rooms are expected to be closed until the end of August 2021. Our library provides rental and other services – even during the whole summer period. We are pleased to offer you our lending, book returns and pick-up services requested online at the information desk at the entrance on weekdays from 9:00 to 18:00. For more information, please, visit our website.

The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives’ exhibition won first place with the title Under the spell of Accuracy. The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös in the category of archival exhibitions announced by the Association of Hungarian Archivists.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University will provide the technical background for the publication of two national library journals with a long history, the Book, Library, Librarian (Könyv, Könyvtár, Könyvtáros) and the Library Monitor (Könyvtári Figyelő).

A járványügyi helyzetre való tekintettel a K21 Minőségirányítási Koordinációs Bizottság idei első negyedéves beszámolójára Teams-megbeszélés keretében került sor. A munkacsoportok vezetői beszámoltak az elmúlt negyedév eredményeiről, a folyamatban lévő munkákról és változásokról.

Dear Readers!  

The event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic! One of the early versions of the Eötvös pendulum, the “Paris pendulum” made in 1898, was exhibited in the ELTE University Library and Archives in the interactive exhibition „Under the the spell of accuracy – The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös”. After closing our library, when the street is quiet, it is worth watching the pendulum during operation. We look forward to seeing you at our guided tours! Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. You can register at the e-mail address kiallitas@lib.elte.hu.

Our library welcomes visitors from 2nd of November 2020 with extended opening hours and comprehensive services. New opening hours:

Dear Readers! We would like to inform you that the Organisational and Operational Regulations of the University Library and Archives are available in the ELTE EDIT repository. We wish a pleasant rest and a successful spring semester for all our readers! Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives

Using the new joint search engine (discovery), we can now search not only library documents, but also the contents of EDIT (ELTE Digital Institutional Knowledge Base) and 

In Christmas time this year, János Acsai from the Department of Informatics and Development, and Éva Erzsébet Orbán, the staff of the Department of Collection Management were honored by the ELTE University Library and Archives with the Pro Bibliot