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Our series, titled „Mosaics from the Heritage of ELTE”, presents some of the outstanding cultural heritage of Eötvös Loránd University. The artwork of the month is the wrought iron railing at the entrance to ELTE Trefort Ágoston Practice High School.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

Dr. Zsuzsanna Mikó, Deputy Director General of the Hungarian National Archives, and Dr. Balázs Czetz, Deputy Director General of Collections, visited the ELTE University Library and Archives on 4 March 2026, with several of their colleagues for a professional exchange and knowledge sharing.

Qulto held its annual professional day on February 25, 2026 at the Szabó Ervin Library in Budapest, where ELTE was represented by Research Support Librarian Tibor Móring with a presentation that aroused great interest. The presentation presented the results and goals of the curriculum repository subproject, with a special emphasis on the archiving, organization and reusability of digital curriculum materials, as well as the upload and visibility options offered to educators. The presentation also addressed the unique features of the repository, tailored to curriculum management, and how it can support collaboration and knowledge sharing among educators.

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

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

The ELTE University Library and Archives held four online lectures on the most important principles of managing, sharing and archiving research data in February 2026. The events provided an overview of the research data management lifecycle, the FAIR guidelines and the grants available at ELTE to approximately thirty participants. The materials of the lectures are available in the ELTE Digital Institutional Knowledge Base, and the staff of the Education and Research Support Department will assist with further questions.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

The ELTE University Library and Archives is holding an online training on the management of research data and the preparation of a data management plan for NKFIH NKKP applications. Participants can learn about the concept, types, creation methods of research data, and the role of data repositories and other data storage support tools. Registration is possible for the lectures, which are available at multiple times and have the same content, and the connection link will be sent to applicants by e-mail.

In the framework of the ELTE–NFI FILMIO University Film Club's screening and discussion series, we commemorate the outstanding film director who passed away in January 2026.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

The ELTE– NFI FILMIO University Film Club screening and discussion series continues. We welcome university members from all ELTE faculties.

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

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.

If you are curious about the secrets hidden in the history of the ELTE University Library and the treasures kept within its walls, explore the library palace with the help of an audio guide. The doors of the country's first state-owned public library will open up to you as you have never seen them before. Our audio guide tour is now available in Chinese in addition to Hungarian and English. All visitors are welcome!

The 2026 calendar of the ELTE University Library and Archives features a selection of images of the Library Palace.

Our library will be closed between 22 December 2025 and 4 January 2026. Our library's services will be available from 5 January 2026.

At Christmas 2025, the ELTE University Library and Archives awarded Tibor Móring, research librarian at the Education and Research Support Department, in recognition of his high-quality professional work and his contribution to enhancing the prestige of our institution. This year, for the first time, the Pro Bibliotheca Universitatis Junior award was also presented to Ádám Bollók, IT specialist in the IT and Development Department, in recognition of his successful work and outstanding performance.