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The Reading Room of the Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives was filled on the concert of the Festival Academy Budapest on July 23, 2021.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University will host the concert of the Festival Academy Budapest on 23rd of July 2021 from 3.30 pm.

We are performing an ELTEfind software update between July 19th and July 25th, therefore, our online search engine will be temporarily unavailable. During the maintenance, you can use our old online catalog to search, which is available at aleph.elte.hu. We recommend the ELTE Library WebApp for checking and extending loans.

In view of the epidemiological situation, the second quarterly report of the K21 Quality Management Coordination Committee was held in the framework of a Teams meeting. Working group leaders reported on the results and changes of the last quarter.

The archives will be closed from 2nd to 19th August. From 23rd August, we look forward to welcoming our researchers and clients again. We wish everyone a good rest for the summer break! 

Based on feedback from our users, we have renewed our INeetABook service, which allows you to suggest books for purchase if they are not available in our library.

On Friday, July 2, 2021, between 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm, the Hungarian National Archives (Budapest IX., Vágóhíd u. 7.) will hold the VII. Medieval Book Fair with the participation of nearly twenty book publishers.

An exhibition on the history of the Pauline order was opened at the Hungarian National Museum between 15th June 2021 and 12th September 2021, where several Pauline manuscripts and prints keep from our library are also presented, including the following manuscripts: A 115, Cod. Lat. 115, Cod. Lat. 131.

The Library Council unanimously approved the new communication strategy of the ELTE University Library Service.

EISZ (Electronic Information Service National Programme) Secretariat and Clarivate Analytics are organizing a webinar on June 21, 2021. The webinar provides an introduction to the various capabilities of MetaCore application for disease and drug research.

On Sunday, June 20, 2021 the historical memorial sites of Eötvös Loránd University will also open their doors at the Memorial Day event.

We would like to inform our readers that on Friday, June 11, 2021, the book rental and return services at the ELTE University Library and Archives will be suspended at the Information Desk on the ground floor due to a professional program.

A virtual version of our popular periodical exhibition entitled Under the spell of Accuracy. The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös is now available.

We are waiting for you with renewed content and user-friendly appearance from June 2, 2021 on the website of the ELTE University Library and Archives at konyvtar.elte.hu. From a separate main menu item, the joint website of the ELTE University Library Service (EKSZ) is still available, but it can also be opened independently from eltekonyvtarak.elte.hu/en. In our article, we summarize the most important information to help our users navigate on the new portal.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Lorand University is glad to inform our dear Readers that according to the current university regulations, our reading rooms are expected to be closed until the end of August 2021. Our library provides rental and other services – even during the whole summer period. We are pleased to offer you our lending, book returns and pick-up services requested online at the information desk at the entrance on weekdays from 9:00 to 18:00. For more information, please, visit our website.

The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives’ exhibition won first place with the title Under the spell of Accuracy. The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös in the category of archival exhibitions announced by the Association of Hungarian Archivists.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University will provide the technical background for the publication of two national library journals with a long history, the Book, Library, Librarian (Könyv, Könyvtár, Könyvtáros) and the Library Monitor (Könyvtári Figyelő).

A járványügyi helyzetre való tekintettel a K21 Minőségirányítási Koordinációs Bizottság idei első negyedéves beszámolójára Teams-megbeszélés keretében került sor. A munkacsoportok vezetői beszámoltak az elmúlt negyedév eredményeiről, a folyamatban lévő munkákról és változásokról.

Dear Readers!  

We would like to inform the lecturers, researchers and students of Eötvös Loránd University that our university has subscribed to the following 37 databases for 2021, six of which offere free Open Access publishing opprtunity (Akadémiai Kiadó, Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley).