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The ELTE University Library and Archives and the Tianyige Library and Museum shared information about their history and collections in an online discussion. Both libraries were founded in 1561 and have a rich history and collection philosophy.

On the 18th of April 2024, the ELTE University Library and Archives will continue its „UNICycle upcycling” furniture refurbishment workshop series.

The ELTE University Library and Archives is pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of its new student community space and the presentation of the book the Dniester Mermaid on the 25th of April 2024 from 13.00.

On the occasion of the International Librarian’s Day, we wish all librarians much joy and success in their work.

The ELTE University Library and Archives on the 16th of April 2024 (Tuesday) will be closed from 15.00 due to technical reasons.

On the occasion of the „Cultural Connection Day” on the 10th of April 2024, the ELTE University Library and the Book of Your Life (BoYL) project jointly presented their services at the Lágymányos Campus.

In the framework of the Sustainability Week, we welcome elementary and secondary school groups to visit the ELTE University Library and Archives for green library presentations.

Following the kick-off meeting of our Book of Your Life library project, a series of furniture refurbishment workshops entitled „UNICycle upcycling” was launched for the planned community space of our library.

During the Easter holidays, between the 29th of March and the 1st of April 2024, the ELTE University Library and Archives is closed. We wish you a happy and blessed Easter!

In the framework of our book adoption programme, our restorer and old book librarian offered our adopter a detailed presentation of the supported book.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 15th of March 2024 (Friday) and on the 16th of March 2024 ( Saturday) on the occasion of the national holiday.

The ambassadors of the National Association of Doctoral Students, doctoral students studying in Hungary with the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship visited the University Library and Archives on the 24th of February 2024.

With the support of the ELTE University Library and Archives, Kipcor Kft. has launched a book exchange programme in the Library Club.

In the framework of our book adoption programme, our conservator and reference librarian gave our adopters a detailed presentation of the supported volumes.

The ELTE University Library and Archives on the 5th of February 2024 (Monday) will be closed from 14.00 due to technical reasons.

We have collected the most frequently loaned books in the University Library over the past year.

The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is supporting the ELTE University Library and Archives' Book of Your Life (BoYL) project with 10,000 euros, the highest amount available in the Libraries, Communities and Democracy call for 2024. The primary aim of the project is to support the integration of international students coming to ELTE by creating community spaces and organising multilingual thematic activities.

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.

On the 31st of August 2023, the ELTE University Library and Archives organised the eleventh conference entitled Traditions and Challenges. This year's programme included presentations on the themes of Artificial Intelligence and Library Automation and Public Collections in Network.

On the occasion of the Hungarian–Turkish Cultural Year, the 2024 calendar of the ELTE University Library and Archives presents a selection of medieval codices, which arrived the library from Constantinople at the end of April 1877.