The Library Council (LC) is the operational body of the University Library Service; assisting the management of ELTE in the preparation and implementation of the necessary decisions in an advisory, consultative and monitoring function.
General provisions on the operation of the Council are laid down in Article 106 of the ELTE General Regulations.
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The library of the Institute, established in December 1959 as a predecessor of the Institute, served the document supply of the Szombathely Teacher Training Institute. From 1974, it managed the libraries of 11 departmental depositories and the Bolyai János Practical School within the framework of the independent Szombathely Teacher Training College, and developed into the most important specialised library for pedagogy in the region. In 1977, a media library was established to support audiovisual training at the college.
The libraries of ELTE have a so-called collection sharing arrangement, whereby the libraries of the different faculties and the collection of the University Library and Archives together provide direct access to the literature of the sciences taught and researched at the University.
The Savaria Library and Archives provides library services to students and staff of the faculties and departments of the ELTE in Szombathely. Its collections are mainly in the fields of teacher education, pedagogy and psychology, engineering and economics.
The Savaria Library and Archives - as the successor of the Berzsenyi Dániel College and the Library of the Savaria University Centre of the University of West Hungary - is one of the largest higher education libraries in Transdanubia, which has been operating as a unit of the ELTE University Library and Archives since 2017. It is a public library whose primary mission is to provide access to the necessary documents and information as a reference resource for teaching and research at the institution.
The Pro Bibliotheca Universitatis Prize was founded by the University Library. The University Library awards this prize to staff with outstanding performance, whose invaluable achievements have benefited the work of the library. This is a prestigious award for worker of the University Library. The prize was established in 2000, and the honour is awarded to individuals, who have contributed in a very special way to the pursuit of the library in the form of long-term (least 3 years) commitment.
Previous award recipients:
2024
The University Library has a history spanning over 450 years, and it has always been in the service of Hungarian culture and academic science, not only with its collections but its erudite directors and colleagues as well. Here follows the history of the library and its building from the 16th century up till now, supplemented with a selected bibliography at the end.
There is a so-called collection share between the ELTE libraries, whereby the libraries of the various faculties and the collection of the University Library and Archives together provide direct access to the specialized literature of the sciences taught and researched at the university.
The library was founded by Miklós Oláh, archbishop of Esztergom, in 1561. It became a university library in 1635 when Péter Pázmány founded the university of Nagyszombat. The Royal Hungarian University and the library moved to Buda together in 1777, then to Pest in 1784. The present building of the library was built in 1876 according to the plans of Antal Skalnitzky. The most beautiful room is the Main Reading Room. It is more than 200 square meters and receives natural light through the glass ceiling; in addition, its walls are decorated with frescoes painted by Károly Lotz.