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The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives has joined the Russian-initiated Holy Places of Undivided Christianity project, which aims to virtually collect memorials and museum documents related to saints and church history before the 1054 East–West schism.

On the 21st of September, 2021 the Hungarian Association of Higher Education Archives held a general meeting in Győr.

In the frame of the Autumn Festival of Museums, between the 27th of September and the 11th of November 2021, we invite science and research enthusiasts to an interactive guided tour at our exhibition entitled The Enchantment of Accuracy – The Life and Work of Loránd Eötvös. Our guests can take part in Duo Perpetual concerts, Bach concerts, restoration workshop and library tours. As part of the old book presentations, you can gain an insight into the special publications of our library. All visitors are welcome!

The Reader Room of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 24th of September, 2021 from 09.00 to 20.00 due to the lectures of the Researchers' Night events. In all our other reading rooms, we are waiting for our readers until 20.00 according to the usual opening hours. All visitors are welcome at the Researchers' Night programs!

The library intended to draw attention to the protection of our cultural values and the preservation of our built heritage with our event organized in the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University within the framework of this year's Cultural Heritage Days.

As a result of the successful cooperation between the ELTE University Library and Archives and the Cluj-Napoca School Foundation Publishing House, we invite you to the presentation of a prestigious map history publication on the 24th of September, 2021 from 16.00 on the occasion of the Researchers' Night.

Between the 24th and 25th of September, 2021 the Archival Picnic will be held for the forth time in the Budapest City Archives.

As part of the Researchers' Night, on the 24th of September, 2021 we will invite science and research enthusiasts to an interactive exhibition called Pendulum Night. A representative publication entitled Mappæ Comitatuum Transylvaniæ by Bartos-Elekes Zsombor will be presented, and Annamária Csókási will give a lecture with the title Cultures torn apart – Cultural damage assessment with military technology in Nagorno Karabakh. All visitors are welcome!

The anniversary exhibition of the Botanical Garden can be visited in the castle building and in the whole area of the garden until the 30th of May 2022.

In the fall of 2021, the exhibition entitled Under the spell of accuracy – The life and work of Loránd Eötvös awaits visitors with a number of free programs.

ELTE University Library pleased to announce a new series of Research Data Management Trainings presented by the working group of Hungarian Open Repositories (HUNOR), National Research Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) and the College of University Library Directors (EKK). Unlike the previous workshops of this series this event is a face-to-face meeting. During the workshops, the focus will be on research data management standards and the FAIR principles, which serve to ensure sustainability and greater visibility.

Oxford University Press and EISZ have signed an agreement under which articles submitted by ELTE’s corresponding author for the publisher's hybrid journals may be published in Open Access in 2021 without APC.

The online services of the National Archives of Hungary and Budapest City Archives can be accessed through the Digital Archives Portal. The portal also provides a register of church and higher education archives, including our university archves. 

EISZ and Oxford University Press have signed an agreement on that corresponding authors affiliated to ELTE will be able to publish their articles Open Access without paying APC in the publisher’s hybrid journals.

The collection of the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) database will be available until 30 September 2021. The database contains journals dealing with economic, artistic, historical, legal, library and information science and social science issues in Central and Eastern Europe.

On the 26th of August 2021, the ELTE University Library and Archives organized its ninth professional conference entitled Traditions and Challenges. A short report of our conference is available on our website, and the presentations can be found in the ELTE Digital Institutional Knowledge Repository.

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

On the occasion of the Cultural Heritage Days, we are waiting for children and adults alike with special surprises.

Within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Days 2021 program series, calligrapher Dezső Buzogány will hold a workshop on 18th of September, 2021 from 11:00 to 17:00 in the hall of the ELTE University Library and Archives.

The talented students of the Festival Academy Budapest present Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor (Op. 132.) and Schubert's Quartettsatz (D 703) on the 18th of September, 2021 at 11:00 am in the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University.