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The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University continued to receive significant support from the Foundation for the University Library in 2021, with funds raised from various tenders, charitable donations and a percentage of personal income tax donations to help the continuous development of services.

On the 18th of June 2022, the Archival Picnic will be held for the fifth time in the Budapest City Archives. In addition to the various programs, the archives stand will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with the work, publications and services of the archives. The guests can also visit the stand of the Hungarian Association of Higher Education Archives.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, the Perczel globe will be presented at 20.00 in our Reading Hall by Dr. László Zentai, Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Affairs of the Eötvös Loránd University. The Professor will give a lecture on the history of László Perczel's globe. After the presentation the copy of the globe will be on display in the Director General's Room. The world map, which won first prize at the International Geographical Congress in Venice in 1881, was the largest Hungarian globe in Hungary until 1965.

The opening concert of the Night of Museums will be a string quartet from the "Eötvös" Art Ensemble at 6 p.m. More details about our programmes are available here and on our library website. All visitors are welcome!

The Web of Science Open House Sessions are a series of webinars in which the Web of Science Editorial Team provides an inside view of the journal evaluation process and selection criteria.

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 Aureus of Nero.

On the Night of the Museums the exhibition of our medical books offers an insight into our museum collection. The opening of the exhibition will take place on the 25th of June from 19.00 in our Boardroom on the second floor.

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

On the 2nd of June 2022, the ELTE University Library and Archives hosted an Israeli delegation from the Libraries and Information System of Bar-Ilan University, in cooperation with the Head of the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

On the Night of Museums we open our restoration workshop to get an insight into the work of restorers.

On the Nigth of Museums 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.

On the Night of Museums the concert will present works written from the Renaissance to the present day. Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century and contemporary classical music works will be performed.

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

EISZ and Taylor & Francis will host an online webinar for researchers working in the field of social sciences and humanities on June 13th. The aim of the 60-minute lecture is to demonstrate the benefits of open research and publishing in the field of humanities and social sciences.

Jessica Benton presents the Primary Sources package for the GALE Reference Complete database. The webinar will be held in English on June 10, 2022, starting at 2 p.m.

Due to technical reasons, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 3rd of June 2022, but our services will be available in our other reading rooms. The library will be temporarily closed between the 4th and the 9th of June 2022. On the 10th of June 2022, from 10.00 a.m., we are waiting for our readers according to the usual opening hours.

According to our tradition, we will join the Night of Museums on the 25th of June 2022. 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 medicine books. Tickets will be available at the entrance from the 10th of June 2022.

The Library Café on the 26th of May 2022 was a success. In the Boardroom of the ELTE University Library and Archives, staff members from Romania, Italy and Croatia visiting our library during the Erasmus+ Programme gave a presentation in English about their library and their work to the librarians of the Eötvös Loránd University Library Service.

In our training room, which was opened in 2016, we replaced the desktops with modern laptops and increased the number of workstations, with ten students and one teaching notebook available.

On the 13th of May 2022, two new publications of the University History Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Primate Archives were presented in the Reading Hall of the University Library. The first book, which deals with the lists of students of the early period of our university, was presented by István Fazekas, head of the University History Research Group. The authors of the volume, Adrienn Kmety, Júlia Varga and László Szögi, as well as the director of the Primate Archives, András Hegedűs, also gave a short presentation at the event.