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ELTE University Library and Archives initiated the certification process for ELTE Institutional Repository (ELTE EDIT) at Repository Qualification Commission of Hungarian Scientific Bibliography Database (MTMT). As a result, the Commission accepted the institutional archive as a certified repository.

The latest volume of our archive contains the data of the students attending higher education institutions located in Eger, the Archbishop’s Seminary and the Archbishop’s Law High School.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on 26th November, 2021 due to a university event. From Monday (19 November, 2021) we waiting for our visitors according to the usual opening hours.

On the 8th and 9th of November 2021, the sixth scientific conference entitled „Trianon and the Hungarian Higher Education” will be held.

The University Library and Archives conduct a survey in order to map the amount and type of research data managed by researchers at ELTE. The other purpose of this survey is assessing the data management practices of researchers, their willingness and motivation to reuse others’ and share own research data. Educators, researchers and PhD student may launch the questionnaire from Neptun (Administration/Questionaires). The questionnaire anonym and voluntary. It takes maximum of 15 minutes to complete. The end date of completition is the 3rd of December 2021.

Through a series of webinars in English, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) provides insight into the contents of their databases, of their services and how to use the database management platform. The service provider will hold webinars on the 8th of November, 2nd of December, 6th of January and 4th of February. You can apply for the first event now.

China's largest scientific platform, CNKI – China National Knowledge Infrastructure – provides full IP-based access to its databases to all EISZ member institutions, so as to ELTE, from the 1st of November 2021 to the 28th of February 2022.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed between the 28th and 29th of October, 2021 due to technical reasons. From 2nd of November we are waiting for our readers according to the usual opening hours. All visitors are welcome at the Autumn Festival of Museums’ programs!

The third quarterly report of the K21 Quality Management Coordination Committee took place in the framework of a Teams meeting. Working group leaders reported on the results and changes of the last quarter.

The University Library Service of Eötvös Loránd University is launching its online library course again. The modules of Library Research Methods can be useful for all who want to become conscious user of information and more effective learner.

In the autumn of 2021, museologist Georgina Schlay and historian András Kristóf Kósa-Grimm continued their university history tours on the ELTE BTK campus.

In order to ensure the widest possible access to the results of research, as well as development and innovation, Hungary has joined the international initiative Open Science on the 18th of October 2021. In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, the initiative opens new doors for the exploitation and innovative dissemination of scientific results using modern technological and digital developments.

With the support of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary, the Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives acquired modern storage bags for the photographs of the university history collection.

Thanks to the Foundation for the University Library, from September in our rental area a new section of the latest editions is available, under title „New books”. Our readers can find a frequently updated collection of books in Hungarian and other foreign languages, with a wide range of topics in the fields of history, arts, cultural and religious history, philosophy, psychology, linguistics and literary studies.

Oxford University Press has put a list of articles on its website with the aim of providing early-stage researchers with a comprehensive picture of information about publishing in journals. The collection is fully open until 31st of October 2021.

Dr. Kulcsár Szabó Ernőné Gombos Annamária, Director General of the University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University, handed the French Ambassador, Pascale Andréani a diploma, thanking her for adopting a book the second time.

You can choose from hundreds of free-to-take books and duplicate journals from the past ten years on the 14th of October, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the library foyer. Do not miss this opportunity, you just have to come for it! Everybody is welcome!

MTMT training sessions are organized by ELTE ULA Education and Research Support Department and Library of Faculty of Humanities for the international lecturers, students, PhD candidates of FOH. MTMT beginners’ and advanced training (for max. 15 person each) is offered free of charge, but registration is required.

In the frame of the Researchers' Night 2021, we were waiting for the science and research enthusiasts with the presentation of Bartos-Elekes Zsombor's representative publication entitled Mappæ Comitatuum Transylvaniæ, and with interactive guided tours at our Eötvös exhibition. Annamária Csókási's presentation Cultures torn apart – Cultural damage assessment with military technology in Nagorno Karabakh took place in our library, as well as a solo concert by Kata Borsos, featuring works by Biber, Telemann, Bach and Sándor Veress. We welcome all visitors to our library at the Autumn Festival of Museums with colorful programmes.

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.