News archive

2023. April 25., Tuesday – 16:21
ULA University Library
This year, ELTE Trefort Ágoston Teacher Training High School celebrated the 150th anniversary of its foundation and adopted eight prints of great significance to the history of the school, which are preserved in the ELTE University Library and Archives.
2023. April 24., Monday – 15:16
ULA University Library
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In April our feature is on the collector of Hungarian history sources and the most significant figure in Jesuit ascetic literature, Gábor Hevenesi.
2023. April 17., Monday – 15:11
ULA University Library
Due to an event, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, on the 21st of April 2023. From Saturday, from the 22nd of April 2023, we will be open again.
2023. April 14., Friday – 14:18
ULA University Library
On the occasion of the International Librarian’s Day, we wish all librarians much joy and success in their work with the following lines.
2023. April 14., Friday – 10:03
ULA University Library
The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives – University History Collection has become a museum institution of public interest by the decision of the Minister of Culture and Innovation.
2023. April 4., Tuesday – 14:49
ULA University Library
During the Easter holidays, between the 7th of April 2023 and the 10th of April 2023, the ELTE University Library and Archives is closed. We wish you a happy and blessed Easter!
2023. April 4., Tuesday – 08:28
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in April is a missal printed in 1704 in Nagyszombat, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
2023. March 14., Tuesday – 12:28
ULA University Library
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In March our feature is on Ferenc Weiss, one of the founders of the Buda University Observatory and a pioneer of engineering education in Hungary.
2023. March 1., Wednesday – 15:35
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in March is the book of the Jesuit theologian and historian Gábor Hevenesi (1656–1715), which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
2023. March 1., Wednesday – 11:31
ULA University Library
As part of our service expansion, self-service scanning became available in our library from the 1st of March 2023.
2023. February 22., Wednesday – 17:11
ULA University Library
The ELTE University Library and Archives will be open from the 27th of February 2023 with full opening hours.
2023. February 20., Monday – 13:13
ULA University Library
Support the restoration of old Hungarian books of the ELTE University Library and Archives! In 2023, we recommend the pieces of one of the most valuable collections of the University Library, the ‘Old Hungarian Prints Collection’ to adopt.
2023. January 30., Monday – 14:45
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in February is the emblem book of the court historian János Zsámboky (1572), which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
2023. January 27., Friday – 09:34
ULA University Library
Our virtual exhibitions are now available on our website with just one click, allowing you to explore our museum treasures from the comfort of your home. Join one of our virtual time-travels or visit our library and the exhibitions currently on display in person.
2023. January 18., Wednesday – 14:46
ULA University Library
On the occasion of the Hungarian Culture Day (22 January 2023), the ELTE University Library and Archives invites you to visit our virtual medical history exhibition.
2023. January 17., Tuesday – 14:39
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt a book! The volume marked as RMK II 260a:2, presented in January, is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
2023. January 13., Friday – 13:20
ULA University Library
We have collected the most frequently loaned books in the University Library over the past year.
2023. January 11., Wednesday – 11:26
ULA University Library
The mission of the ELTE University Library and Archives, which won the Hungarian Heritage Award and – as part of the University Library Service – the title of Qualified Library in 2018, as well as the EFQM “Committed to Excellence” certificate in 2020, is to provide Hungarian and foreign academic teachers, researchers and students with domestic and foreign literature, intending to integrate them into the international circulation of scientific life. Now, you can also help to ensure free access to information, to preserve and digitize our cultural values, and to acquire modern technological equipment and implement continuous service development. Please, support the Foundation for the University Library by offering 1% of your tax.
2023. January 11., Wednesday – 11:00
ULA University Library
In Christmas time 2022, the ELTE University Library and Archives awarded the Pro Bibliotheca Universitatis Certificate of Merit to Anna Orbókné Jagiello and Kinga Sutócki, staff members of the Collection Management Department, thanking them for their high quality and prestigious professional work.
2023. January 10., Tuesday – 10:03
ULA University Library
The 2023 calendar of the ELTE University Library and Archives presents the Jesuit missions of the early modern period through some of the library's museum publications.