On February 26, 2025, Qulto held its annual professional day at the customary venue, the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library. Representing Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Dr. László Nemes, coordinator of the ELTE RRF Digital Learning Material Repository subproject, and Tibor Móring, research support librarian at the ELTE University Library and Archives, delivered well-received presentations that attracted wide professional interest. 

Their talks focused on the digital learning material repository subproject, which aims to archive and enable the reuse of open-access teaching materials produced in various formats. In his presentation, our colleague outlined the concept behind the development of ELTE’s digital learning material repository, as well as the related professional work carried out by the University Library and Archives. He also presented the key findings of a 2024 survey conducted among ELTE instructors.

According to the Rector’s mandate on the registration of the publication activities of Eötvös Loránd University (No. 6/2012. (II.23.), the full-text digital version of scientific publications published with ELTE affiliation must be archived in the university’s repository. The University Library and Archives facilitates the fulfilment of this obligation by archiving Gold Open Access publications.

In preparation for the collection of the full texts, we also make use of data from the Dimensions, OpenAlex, Web of Science and Scopus databases. In the first quarter of 2025, the processing of publications published in 2022 was completed, resulting in 1 072 documents being uploaded to the EDIT-repository. In addition, the 298 articles published in 2024 under the Read & Publish subscription scheme provided by the EISZ have also been uploaded.

The content is available in the ELTE Digital Institutional Repository, where a total of 15 281 scientific publications are now searchable.

The Department of English Language and Literature of the ELTE Berzsenyi Dániel Teacher Training Centre, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland to Hungary, is hosting a day of Irish literature, music, film and cultural dialogue on 24 April. The event will be attended by Ragnar Almqvist, Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary. The event will also take place in the ELTE ULA Savaria Library and Archives from 14:15 in the Pável Ágoston room on the second floor.

💚 Detailed programme:

🕚 11:00–12:00

• 🎤 Opening of the Seamus Heaney roll-up exhibition
• Words matter: the relationship between literature and diplomacy in Ireland and the EU
• Speech by Ragnar Almqvist, Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary.

Venue: C-building Lobby and Grand Lecture Hall (ground floor)

🕛 12:00–13:00

• 📚 Irish Scholarship Programme Presentation - Réka Simon
• 🧠 Irish Cultural Quiz with Szilva Tóth, Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and a special (secret!) guest from Ireland

Venue: C-building Grand Lecture Hall

🕐 13:00–14:15

• 🎓 Judit Kádár, Associate Professor of the Department of English Language and Literature, will talk to Győző Ferencz, Professor Emeritus of ELTE, poet and literary historian of the Attila József Prize

Topic: Irish literary influences in poetry and academic work

Location: B-building 008 Council Chamber (ground floor)

🕑 14:15–17:00

• 🎬 Film screening: Brooklyn (2015, in English, with Hungarian subtitles)
• Afterwards, an informal discussion with Remport Eglantina, Assistant Professor at the English-American Institute

Location: Library, 2.

🕔 17:00–19:00

• 🎶 Bran Live Concert - Traditional Irish Music

Location: building B 008 Council Chamber (ground floor)

In the spring of 2025, a colleague of the ELTE University Library and Archives held four online information sessions on research data management. The aim of these events was to provide researchers, lecturers, and students with a comprehensive overview of the key aspects and best practices of managing, sharing, and archiving research data.

The presentations covered, among other topics, the research data lifecycle, FAIR data management principles, opportunities and benefits of sharing research data, as well as the support and services available at ELTE. The topic generated significant interest, with a total of approximately seventy participants attending the sessions.

The presentations and related materials are available in the ELTE Digital Institutional Repository (EDIT).

If you have any questions regarding research data management, please feel free to contact the staff of the Education and Research Support Department of ELTE University Library and Archives at oa@lib.elte.hu.

The ELTE–NFI University Film Club, run by Eötvös Loránd University in cooperation with the National Film Institute, offers 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.

Participants will also get a first insight into the operation, history and curiosities of the Film Archive and Film Lab, as well as its Library. Then, in the screening room, we will watch the 1940 film Closed Court, directed by Géza Radványi. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

Detailed programme:

10.00 –10.45 History, activities and restoration of the film archive

Short break and walk to the Film Lab

10.55 –11.55 Visit to the Film Lab

10.15 –11.15 Walk to the library

12.00 –12.20 Visit to the Library

Walk to the main building, screening room

Break

12.35-14.05 Film screening: Closed Court

14.15-15.15 Round table discussion with Márton Kurutz, Senior Researcher at the National Film Archive

Date: 25 April 2025, 10:00 am

Venue: Hungarian National Film Archive (1021 Budapest, Budakeszi út 51/C)

At the centre of the film is a love triangle that develops under the attraction of classical music. Péter Szentgyörgyi (József Timár), a famous pianist, falls in love with a young student, Anna (Mária Tasnády-Fekete). Their love is not consummated, and they meet again only five years later, when Anna is married to Péter's friend Gábor Benedek (Antal Páger). Benedek Gábor is a prominent defence lawyer who is working on a case of jealousy murder. The old affection between Peter and Anna is rekindled, and Gábor himself experiences the feeling of jealousy. Although the decision is a difficult one, she is forced to choose between the two men.

The Closed Court is Géza Radványi's first directorial work, which immediately gained him national recognition. Radványi studied in Vienna, Paris and other Western European centres, from where he brought his knowledge to Hungary in the early 1940s. The film fits in with the melodramas of the decade, but its tone is not nearly as sombre as later films. Its humanist approach anticipates the values of the director's later films, and its elegant style is particularly enjoyable.

Please bring snacks and drinks, there is no buffet on site. You are welcome to join only the screening and discussion part.

Meet at the venue at 9.45 am. Access: buses 22, 22A, 222 from Széll Kálmán Square to the Waterworks stop. From the bus stop, walk down Budakeszi street and you will find a small staircase after the chapel leading up to the building.

Correspondence about the film club is welcome to eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.

ELTE-NFI Filmclub Facebook page

Registration: https://www.ajk.elte.hu/content/ismerd-meg-a-filmarchivumot-a-filmlabort-es-mozizz-velunk.e.1859

Excerpt from the film: https://youtu.be/N715YtexHVc

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

Snow White is József Nepp's first feature film, brazenly holding up a mirror to the classic Disney film he considers to be an etalon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), by mocking the basic motifs of the well-known tale. No-White focuses on the criminal background of the original Grimm's tale, on how the evil stepmother came to the throne and how she ruled, and can thus be understood as a political parable and a poignant social portrait through the absurdity of the royal court and the power mania of the haughty queen.

Nepp's satirical reinterpretation of Snow White drew inspiration from such notable genre parodies of the era as the horror spoof Young Frankenstein (1974), directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder, and the satirical Monthy Python historical film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). While the screenplay was written by József Nepp, the dialogue was polished to final form by writer József Romhányi as dramaturg.

The film is a bizarre and humorous work of art, especially for adult audiences. At the time of its release, it was one of the most rejected feature-length animated films in Hungarian animation, but thanks to its dialogue, which became a legend, turned the film into a cult classic in the eyes of posterity.

Date: 23 April 2025, 18.00

Venue: University Square campus (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3. fszt., corridor next to the cloakroom)

Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmHGEoaIhM

The film is voiced by Judit Halász, Ilona Béres, Ferenc Kállai, János Körmendi, István Sztankay, Gyula Szombathy, Péter Haumann, Nóra Tábori - and many others.

Guest in the post-screening discussion: Zsolt Baumgartner, animator, animation director (The Four Souls of Kojot), animation studio-workshop leader.

Due to the limited number of seats, pre-registration is possible at the following link:

https://ajk.elte.hu/content/hofeher-nepp-jozsef-animacios-filmje-1983.e.1852

Correspondence about the film club is welcome via eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.

The ELTE–NFI Filmklub on Facebook 

The ELTE Savaria University Centre honoured the memory of Gábor Devecseri (1917–1971) with a commemoration ceremony on the occasion of the Hungarian Poetry Day and presented the first volume of the latest publication series of the Department of Literature, Petőfi and Madách 200.

The ceremony, held in the Savaria Library and Archives, was opened by Ibolya Czetter, Professor of Literature and Head of the Department of Literature, who in her introductory remarks drew attention to the literary man's ties to Szombathely and his valuable legacy at the University. He recalled that Gábor Devecseri and his wife Klára Huszár spent their summers in Szombathely in the 1960s and early 1970s as creative artists of the Iseum Games.

Part of his library, which contains almost 4000 volumes, was transferred to the predecessor institution of ELTE ULA Savaria Library and Archives in 1982.

The intellectual heritage was followed by the recent gift of a table and four chairs, a gift from the poet's son János Devecseri, which evoke the atmosphere of the author's home. "Objects have a soul," said Ibolya Czetter, referring to the many people who have sat at this table – from Zoltán Kodály to Ferenc Karinthy, István Örkény and Iván Boldizsár to Tibor Déry – and the many translations that have been made in the company of these objects.

Students gave a taste of the poetry of the literary translator: Máté Goda recited the poem "Letter", Evelin Ádám recited "To Poets", and then Balázs Barták, assistant professor, shared his thoughts with the audience based on his own experiences of Devecseri.

The Gábor Devecseri Library as a special collection is located in the Council Chamber, while the memorial corner is next to the Ágoston Pável Room on the second floor of the library.

In the second part of the event, the moderator of the ceremony, Viktória Málics, talked to Ibolya Czetter and András Szemerics, authors of the book published by the department.

The book contains essays by teachers and students, which were presented at a symposium and other events organised by the Department in 2023 on the occasion of the Petőfi and Madách Bicentenaries at the ELTE Savaria University Centre.

At the commemorative event, teachers and students of the Department of Music Education performed poems set to music.

During the spring break the opening hours of the ELTE EKL Savaria Library and Archives will be changed.

Temporary opening hours:

16 April 2025 (Wednesday) 8.00–13.00

17 April 2025 (Thursday) 8.00–13.00

18–21 April 2024 (Easter holidays) – Closed

22 April 2024 (Tuesday) 8.00–13.00

From 23 April 2025, we will be back to our normal opening hours with our full range of services.

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.

Sándor Szilágyi studied in Kolozsvár, then moved to Pest during the 1848 Revolution, where he worked as a journalist. He worked for several periodicals and even experimented with publishing his own newspaper. From 1852, he taught mathematics at the Reformed College in Kecskemét, where he was a colleague of the poet János Arany, among others. From 1867 he was employed as secretary in the Ministry of Religion and Education, and in 1878 he was appointed director of the University Library. As a historian, he was mainly concerned with the history of Transylvania in the 16th and 17th centuries, edited the journal Századok and started the Historical Archive (Történeti Tár) and Hungarian Historical Biographies (Magyar Történelmi Életrajzok) series. He was also involved in the editing of the Transylvanian Parliamentary Memoirs and the ten-volume History of the Hungarian Nation, published on the occasion of the Millennium. During his two decades as director of our library, he has taken great care to organise the manuscript collection and publish its catalogues, and to develop new types of card catalogues and storage arrangements. His legacy can be found in our library’s manuscript collection.

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.

The University Library Service (ULS) Quality Improvement Report and the Non-Compliant Services Report from the Quality Coordination Working Group were completed and approved. The 2025 Student Needs and Satisfaction Survey questionnaire on library services has been shortened by the Primary Research Working Group at the request of the Quality Office. The questionnaire was approved by the Library Leadership Working Group. The ELTE-wide staff survey was conducted in late 2024. The evaluation of the survey results has started. The survey on the use of electronic content is ongoing. The questionnaires, in Hungarian and English, aim to assess the web browsing habits of students, faculty and researchers, as well as to identify satisfaction and usage, expectations and needs related to the electronic content currently available at the University. An additional block of questions has been added to the faculty questionnaire on Open Access publishing practices. The 2024 and this year's first quarterly reports of the Process Management Working Group have been finalised. Member libraries are invited to submit comments and suggestions on modifying, extending or deleting processes.

The Communication Working Group provided information on the tasks and achievements of the working groups through the website, the newsletter and the short film 3 months – 3 minutes on the mailing list, and contributed to the success of the preparation and administration of the K21 reporting days meetings. The new version of the ULS Quality Management Handbook was made available on the ELTE Digital Institutional Repository (EDIT) and announced on the website and in the newsletter. The Green Library Working Group is finalising the questionnaire for the environmental awareness survey. Members of the Library Leadership Working Group have completed the member libraries' 2024 reports, dissemination reports, this year's work plans and enrollment plans. They approved the reports and work plans of the member libraries and the ULS for this year, as well as the revised Quality Management Manual and the Quality Improvement Report. Six meetings were held in the first quarter, including discussions on changes to the Ministry's statistics, the ELTE Thesis Repository and the installation of the ELTE Browser program for the hosting and delivery of theses, the modification of the 2024 student needs and satisfaction survey questionnaire, the planned electronic content usage questionnaire for this year, the new journal and book procurement calls, and the IKR–SAP data transfer.

An update on the achievements of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee and our new developments will be posted on our website soon.