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.
The register is available: https://www.eleveltar.hu/kereses?selectedTab=structure
On the 26th of August 2021, the ELTE University Library and Archives organized its ninth professional conference entitled Traditions and Challenges.
During a roundtable discussion and some lectures, our guests could be informed about the following topics: Academic Libraries and the Pandemic, Open and closed: Focus on the User, and Modern Library Management of Old Documents. The event was of great interest, more than 150 librarians, service partners followed online or in person.
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”.
The purpose of our exhibition is the exploration of the exciting world of physics in an experience-centred way. The exhibition is presenting Loránd Eötvös's multi-talented personality through interactive devices. Using modern technologies, installations offer an experience involving all your senses to present Eötvös's exciting life, scientific and teaching activities and instruments. All visitors are welcome! For more information, please visit our website.
Guided tours at the Eötvös Exhibition:
University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University
1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.
18/09/2021, Saturday - 12:00 - 12:30
18/09/2021, Saturday - 13:00 - 13:30
18/09/2021, Saturday - 14:00 - 14:30
18/09/2021, Saturday - 15:00 - 15:30
On the occasion of the Cultural Heritage Days, we are waiting for children and adults alike with special surprises.
Guided through every step, you can make your own hard-cover booklet in our bookbinding workshop on 18th of September, 2021 in the ELTE University Library and Archives (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.). We are glad to offer you the opportunity to make unique souvenirs and special booklets between 11.00 and 17.00. Let's spend an early autumn day together in the library! You can find detailed programs on our website and on the official website of Cultural Heritage Days 2021! We look forward to seeing you soon!
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.
Our guests are able to gain an insight into the art of calligraphy. Calligraphy adds creative flair to correspondence, parties, decorations and art projects. Learn more about this ancient art that is still popular today in our workshop with Dezső Buzogány. The programme is a perfect introduction to the art of hand lettering, you will learn the fundamentals of modern calligraphy using a dip pen and ink.
Calligraphy workshop:
University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University
1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.
18/09/2021, Saturday - 11:00 - 17:00
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.
The art directors of the Festival Academy Budapest are Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen, the concert will take place within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Days. The performance is implemented within the confines of the „Thank you, Hungary!” project.
More details about our programs can be found here. You can get more detailed information about the concerts of the Festival Academy Budapest on their website.
Concert:
ELTE University Library, Reading Room
1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.
18/09/2021, Saturday - 11:00 - 12:00
As part of our book presentations, you can gain insight into the special publications of our library, during which the secrets of our old prints are revealed.
Our museum collection, which is part of the national cultural heritage, is also significant in Europe. The valuable collection preserved in the library (185 codices, including 14 corvina, 1,200 ancient prints, 11,000 16th-century antiques, 15,000 Baroque, and 75,000 18th-century works) was searched internationally. The main tasks of the library also include the care, preservation and presentation of our unique historical treasures. Further details about our programs are available here (link) and on the official website of the Cultural Heritage Days.
If you want to contribute to the preservation of our cultural values, adopt a book yourself! You can find out more about our book adoption program here. More details about our programs are available on our website.
Venue for presentations of our old books:
University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University
1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.
Dates for the presentation of our old books:
18/09/2021, Saturday - 12:30 - 13:00
18/09/2021, Saturday - 13:30 - 14:00
18/09/2021, Saturday - 14:30 - 15:00
18/09/2021, Saturday - 15:30 - 16:00
The library of the Faculty of Economics is the University Library and Archives. Use of the library is free of charge for the citizens of the Faculty of Economics and Business, information about our services is available here.
From the 6th of September the reading rooms are reopened for personal visits.
Opening hours: from 9 am to 8 pm on working days
In addition to personal registration, we are glad to offer you our newest application, the ELTE Library WebApp.
According to university regulations, it is mandatory to wear a mask in the building.
For more information, please, visit our renewed website.
We welcome our readers!
As part of the Cultural Heritage Days, you can learn about the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
Pascale Andréani, the Ambassador of the French Republic to Hungary, provided again significant support for the protection of our collection, taking over the cost of restoring Le premier livre d’amadis de Gaule (1555). In the frame of the ceremonial book adoption, our generous donor will greet you from 15.00 on the 18th of September, 2021 and the world-famous Dante Codex will also be presented. All visitors are welcome!
More details about our programs are available here.
Book adoption ceremony:
ELTE University Library and Archives, Boardroom
1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.
18/09/2021, Saturday - 15.00 - 15.30
On the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's death, on the 14th of September, 2021 from 11:00 to 13:00, the Reading Room of the ELTE University Library and Archives will provide a venue for the presentation of the detailed Commentary volume prepared by the members of the Hungarian Dante Society for Part I of the Divine Commedy.
In the frame of the book presentation (Dante Alighieri, Divine Commedy, I. Inferno, edited by János Kelemen, co-edited by József Nagy, Budapest 2019), a round table discussion will take place under the chairmanship of Dr. László Borhy, Rector of the Eötvös Loránd University.
The conference comes to end at 14:30 by the solemn wreath-laying of the Dante statue on behalf of the Eötvös Loránd University, the Hungarian Dante researchers, and the Hungarian departments of Italian and literary history at 1056 Budapest, Szerb utca 21–23. in the garden.
All visitors are welcome!