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Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in July is the „Rex admirabilis […]” (Admirable king…) is the versified life of St. Ladislaus of Hungary (r. 1077–1095) in 50 eulogies by István Tarnóczy, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

According to our tradition, this year we joined the Night of Museums series of events, which included craft activities, concerts, guided tours, restoration and calligraphy workshops, as well as an exhibition entitled „Buda Chronicle 550”.

Our series entitled „Mosaics from the heritage of ELTE” presents some of the key material cultural heritage of the Eötvös Loránd University. The objects of the month are Gothard's transit instruments.

Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former director general of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, former minister, historian, producer of France Culture and Jacqueline Plessis, language attaché of the French Institute in Budapest, accompanied by Dr. Vilmos Bárdosi, rector in charge of Francophone relations at ELTE, visited our library.

Due to the Night of Museums, the library services of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be inaccessible on Saturday, on the 24th of June 2023. Everyone is welcome to join our programmes starting at 15.00.

The ELTE University Library and Archives is launching an online information session for editors of ELTE journals on how to increase the international visibility of their journals. The following topics are included in the planned programme: strategies for meeting journal indexing criteria, recommendation for the order of database registrations, presentation of an online self-checking spreadsheet summarising the criteria for selecting journals for inclusion in databases, ethical publishing, authorship issues.

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 editor of the first Hungarian Law Library (Corpus Iuris Hungarici), Márton Szentiványi.

In a concert entitled „La storia d'un amore - fortuna, sfortuna e guarigione” (History of Love – Happiness, Misery and Healing), the talented artists of the Festival Academy Budapest Ensemble will perform on the 24th of June 2023 from 20.30 at the ELTE University Library and Archives. All visitors are welcome!

On the Night of Museums we open our restoration workshop to get an insight into the work of restorers. All visitors are welcome!

Our guided tours focus on the history of the University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University. All visitors are welcome!

Within the framework of the Night of Museums program series, calligrapher Dezső Buzogány will hold a workshop on the 24th of June 2023 between 15:00 and 24:00 in the hall of the ELTE University Library and Archives (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.). Our guests are able to gain an insight into the art of calligraphy. All visitors are welcome!

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, we are waiting for young and old, children and adults alike with special surprises.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, on the 24th of June 2023 from 6.00 pm at the ELTE University Library and Archives in the Lobby (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.), a string quartet consisting of members of the ELTE University Concert Orchestra will give a concert with Éva Dúlfalvy, concertmaster (violin), Csaba Nemes (violin), Mónika Mezei (viola) and Zsuzsanna Kéri (cello). All visitors are welcome!

On this year's Night of Museums, we will present the original edition of the Chronica Hungarorum in our library to mark the 550th anniversary of the printing of the Buda Chronicle. In the exhibition of books related to the volume, visitors also have the opportunity to gain an insight into some of the other special documents from our museum collection. All visitors are welcome!

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 Night of Museums.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in June is the Articles of law of Transylvanian prince Gábor Bethlen dated 1627, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

According to our tradition, we will join the Night of Museums on the 24th of June 2023, opening our Buda Chronicle 550 chamber exhibition. From 3 p.m. in the afternoon until midnight, our library welcomes all visitors with craft activities, concerts, guided tours, restoration workshops and an exhibition of Chronica Hungarorum. Tickets are available at our library information desk. All visitors are welcome!

The Foundation for the University Library held this year's meeting of the Board of Trustees, where Dr. Péter Kiszl, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Kulcsár Szabó Ernőné Gombos Annamária, Director General of the ELTE University Library and Archives (ELTE ULA), Dr. László Szögi, retired Director General of ELTE ULA, Krisztián Szalay, Rector's Commissioner for Sports Affairs of ELTE, Márta Csikós, Head of Cabinet of ELTE ULA, and as new members Dr. Edit Madas, academician, professor, and Judit Osskó, certified architect, monument protection engineer, television editor-director, participated in the meeting.

To support the learning, teaching, and research activities of university citizens and library users, the use of library computers and self-service scanning will be free from May 30, 2023.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in May is the coursebook of the Czech educator Jan Amos Komenský (in Latin: Johannes Comenius, 1592-1670), the so called „Orbis pictus”, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.