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On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of György Pray, the father of Hungarian critical historiography and former director of our library, and the 250th anniversary of the abolition of the Jesuit order, we invite you to an exhibition of documents related to the missions of the Hungarian Jesuits in South America.

Due to the Cultural Heritage Days, the library services of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be inaccessible on Saturday, on the 16th of September 2023.

On Saturday, the 16th of September 2023, as part of the Cultural Heritage Days, we will open our library doors to the public again. All visitors are welcome!

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 a textbook in Latin.

The minutes of Eötvös Loránd University and its predecessor institutions are now available not only on the hungaricana.hu portal, but also in the database of the Hungarian National Archives, on the adatbazisokonline.mnl.gov.hu portal.

Save a book, adopt it! Our book Ferenc Menyői Tolvaj: The Mastery of Arithmetic, presented in September, is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

The network of libraries maintained by Eötvös Loránd University, the University Library Service (eltekonyvtarak.elte.hu/en), with more than 4.3 million documents, wishes you a successful autumn semester.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) offered trial access to EISZ member institutions. The database can be tested by connected to the university's internet network until 17. 09. 2023. Remote access to the database is possible using a VPN service.

Between July 17 and 20, 2023, three staff members of the ELTE University Library and Archives participated in a study trip at Humboldt University in Berlin as part of the Erasmus+ scholarship program. The program was implemented at the invitation of the organization that coordinates scientific university collections in Germany.

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 August our feature is on the first chronicler of the university’s history, Ferenc Kazy.

Save a book, adopt it! One of the most important works of Pavao Ritter Vitezović in our volume presented in August is "Stemmatography", which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

The architectural history exhibition entitled "The Window to Rodostó" can be seen in Hungary this July in the area of the Gül Baba Cultural Center and Exhibition Hall. The exhibition also includes copies of the drawings of painter and draftsman Kálmán Beszédes made in Rodosto in 1891-92, which were included in our library as part of his legacy.

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 - World’s Fair award winner Nummulites preparations made by MIKSA HANTKEN.

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 July our feature is on the owner of the collection, that forms the basis of the university’s mineral and rock collection, Matthias Piller.

Between the 31st of July and the 2nd of September 2023, our library and the Eötvös Exhibition will be closed.

Free trial access to the databases of CNKI was opened until the end of September. CNKI is the most complete scientific platform in China. In addition to Chinese sources, it also covers international scientific content.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be carrying out database maintenance on the 15th and 16th of July 2023, therefore the online catalogue and library system of the University Library Service will be temporarily unavailable during this period. From the 17th of July 2023, all our services will be available again as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be temporarily closed on the 13th and the 15th of July 2023 for technical reasons.

A delegation of international professional guests visited the ELTE University Library and Archives on the 7th of July 2023 in the frame of the cultural programmes at the LIBER 2023 conference.

On the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the „Buda Chronicle”, our temporary exhibition offers an insight into the original version of the „Chronica Hungarorum” and the most unique publications in the history of printing.