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The ELTE–NFI University Film Club continues the series of screenings and discussions. We welcome university citizens from all faculties of ELTE.

The ELTE University Library and Archives offers extended opening hours for readers and students on weekdays and Saturdays between the 5th of May 2025 and the 14th of June 2025 until 22.00 hours. Our new community space offers the opportunity to learn, relax, use kitchen facilities and free computer access.

Qulto held its annual professional day on February 26, 2025 at the Szabó Ervin Library in Budapest, where ELTE representatives, László Nemes PhD and Tibor Móring, gave presentations on the digital curriculum repository subproject. The presentations focused on the archiving and reusability of open access digital curriculum. In addition, they presented the concept of the development of the ELTE curriculum repository and the most important results of the survey conducted in 2024.

The ELTE–NFI University Film Club continues the series of screenings and discussions. We welcome university citizens from all faculties of ELTE.

According to the rector’s directive at ELTE, the full texts of scientific publications must be deposited in the university’s repository, a process supported by the University Library and Archives through the archiving of Gold Open Access publications. In the first quarter of 2025, 1,072 documents published in 2022 and an additional 298 articles published in 2024 under the Read & Publish agreement provided by EISZ were uploaded. Currently, a total of 15,281 scientific publications are accessible in the ELTE Digital Institutional Repository.

The Department of English Language and Literature at ELTE Berzsenyi Dániel Teacher Training Centre will host Irish Culture Day on April 24, celebrating Irish literature, music, film and cultural dialogue. Ragnar Almqvist, the Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary, will also participate in the event, and various programs will be offered to interested parties, such as an exhibition opening, a scholarship program presentation, a film screening and a live concert. The event will be held at the university library and various buildings.

The ELTE University Library and Archives held four online lectures on the management, sharing and archiving of research data in the spring of 2025, which were attended by approximately seventy people. The lectures covered the life cycle of research data, the FAIR guidelines, and the grants and services available at ELTE. The materials of the lectures are available in the ELTE Digital Institutional Knowledge Archive (EDIT).

The ELTE–NFI University Film Club, run by Eötvös Loránd University in cooperation with the National Film Institute, is a special, off-site event for university citizens from any faculty of ELTE. The National Film Institute's Film Archive will offer the opportunity to visit the film archive for a screening and discussion.

The ELTE–NFI University Film Club continues the series of screenings and discussions. We welcome university citizens from all faculties of ELTE.

The ELTE Savaria University Center paid tribute to the memory of Gábor Devecseri with a commemoration organized on the occasion of Hungarian Poetry Day and presented the first volume of the latest publication series of the Department of Literary Studies. The university recently received a material legacy as a gift from the poet's son, János Devecseri: a table and four chairs, which evoke the atmosphere of the creator's home. In the second part of the event, student Viktória Málics spoke with Ibolya Czetter and student András Szemerics, two of the authors of the book published by the department.

During the spring break the opening hours of the ELTE EKL Savaria Library and Archives will be changed. We wish all our readers a happy Easter!

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2025. Among its members are many distinguished students and teachers who have left their mark not only on the Academy but also on the history of our institution. Sándor Szilágyi (1827–1899) historian, library director, editor was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1873.

At the first quarterly report of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee 2025, the leaders of the working groups reported on the results of the past quarter, ongoing work and changes.

Henrik Marczali (1856–1940) was a historian and university professor who played a significant role in the development of Hungarian historiography and historical education. He began his studies at the University of Pest, and became a full professor at the university in 1895. Last year, the Henrik Marczali Research Group held a conference on his life and work, the presentations of which can be read in the 2024 issue of the journal Per Aspera ad Astra.

Sage Publishing provides trial access to the Sage Journals and Sage Research Methods databases until May 31, 2025. The databases can be accessed by connecting to the ELTE internet network, and outside the university using a VPN service.

During the Easter holidays, between the 18th of April and the 21st of April 2025, the ELTE University Library and Archives is closed.

We cordially invite you to the festive event organized on the occasion of Hungarian Poetry Day, which will be held on April 10, 2025, at 1 p.m. in the ELTE Library in Szombathely, where the Devecseri Table will also be presented.

The journal ratings for SCImago Journal & Country Rank 2024 have been published. Scopus currently indexes five journals affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities at ELTE.

The presentation of the recently published volumes of the Mátyás Bél Neolatin Workshop of the Research Centre for the Humanities will take place on 15 April 2025 at 16.00 at the ELTE University Library and Archives. All visitors are welcome!

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