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The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on 26th November, 2021 due to a university event. From Monday (19 November, 2021) we waiting for our visitors according to the usual opening hours.

The University Library and Archives conduct a survey in order to map the amount and type of research data managed by researchers at ELTE. The other purpose of this survey is assessing the data management practices of researchers, their willingness and motivation to reuse others’ and share own research data. Educators, researchers and PhD student may launch the questionnaire from Neptun (Administration/Questionaires). The questionnaire anonym and voluntary. It takes maximum of 15 minutes to complete. The end date of completition is the 3rd of December 2021.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed between the 28th and 29th of October, 2021 due to technical reasons. From 2nd of November we are waiting for our readers according to the usual opening hours. All visitors are welcome at the Autumn Festival of Museums’ programs!

In order to ensure the widest possible access to the results of research, as well as development and innovation, Hungary has joined the international initiative Open Science on the 18th of October 2021. In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, the initiative opens new doors for the exploitation and innovative dissemination of scientific results using modern technological and digital developments.

Thanks to the Foundation for the University Library, from September in our rental area a new section of the latest editions is available, under title „New books”. Our readers can find a frequently updated collection of books in Hungarian and other foreign languages, with a wide range of topics in the fields of history, arts, cultural and religious history, philosophy, psychology, linguistics and literary studies.

Dr. Kulcsár Szabó Ernőné Gombos Annamária, Director General of the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University, handed the French Ambassador, Pascale Andréani a diploma, thanking her for adopting a book the second time.

You can choose from hundreds of free-to-take books and duplicate journals from the past ten years on the 14th of October, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the library foyer. Do not miss this opportunity, you just have to come for it! Everybody is welcome!

In the frame of the Researchers' Night 2021, we were waiting for the science and research enthusiasts with the presentation of Bartos-Elekes Zsombor's representative publication entitled Mappæ Comitatuum Transylvaniæ, and with interactive guided tours at our Eötvös exhibition. Annamária Csókási's presentation Cultures torn apart – Cultural damage assessment with military technology in Nagorno Karabakh took place in our library, as well as a solo concert by Kata Borsos, featuring works by Biber, Telemann, Bach and Sándor Veress. We welcome all visitors to our library at the Autumn Festival of Museums with colorful programmes.

The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives has joined the Russian-initiated Holy Places of Undivided Christianity project, which aims to virtually collect memorials and museum documents related to saints and church history before the 1054 East–West schism.

In the frame of the Autumn Festival of Museums, between the 27th of September and the 11th of November 2021, we invite science and research enthusiasts to an interactive guided tour at our exhibition entitled The Enchantment of Accuracy – The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös. Our guests can take part in Duo Perpetual concerts, Bach concerts, restoration workshop and library tours. As part of the old book presentations, you can gain an insight into the special publications of our library. All visitors are welcome!

The Reader Room of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 24th of September, 2021 from 09.00 to 20.00 due to the lectures of the Researchers' Night events. In all our other reading rooms, we are waiting for our readers until 20.00 according to the usual opening hours. All visitors are welcome at the Researchers' Night programs!

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.

As a result of the successful cooperation between the ELTE University Library and Archives and the Cluj-Napoca School Foundation Publishing House, we invite you to the presentation of a prestigious map history publication on the 24th of September, 2021 from 16.00 on the occasion of the Researchers' Night.

As part of the Researchers' Night, on the 24th of September, 2021 we will invite science and research enthusiasts to an interactive exhibition called Pendulum Night. A representative publication entitled Mappæ Comitatuum Transylvaniæ by Bartos-Elekes Zsombor will be presented, and Annamária Csókási will give a lecture with the title Cultures torn apart – Cultural damage assessment with military technology in Nagorno Karabakh. All visitors are welcome!

In the fall of 2021, the exhibition entitled Under the spell of accuracy – The life and work of Loránd Eötvös awaits visitors with a number of free programs.

On the 26th of August 2021, the ELTE University Library and Archives organized its ninth professional conference entitled Traditions and Challenges. A short report of our conference is available on our website, and the presentations can be found in the ELTE Digital Institutional Knowledge Repository.

The University Library and Archives offers guided tours of our exhibition “Under the spell of accuracy – The Life and work of Loránd Eötvös”.

On the occasion of the Cultural Heritage Days, we are waiting for children and adults alike with special surprises.

Within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Days 2021 program series, calligrapher Dezső Buzogány will hold a workshop on 18th of September, 2021 from 11:00 to 17:00 in the hall of the ELTE University Library and Archives.

The talented students of the Festival Academy Budapest present Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor (Op. 132.) and Schubert's Quartettsatz (D 703) on the 18th of September, 2021 at 11:00 am in the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University.