At the fourth quarterly report of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee 2022, the leaders of the working groups reported on the results of the past quarter, ongoing work and changes.

The working groups of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee have prepared and unanimously adopted the work plan for 2023.

The members of the Primary Research Working Group completed the analysis of the Student Needs and Satisfaction Survey 2022 and, in collaboration with the Quality Office, reviewed and revised the questionnaire for the Staff Service Survey.

The Process Management Working Group prepared the terms of reference for the Quality Management Handbook.

News were published and a short summary film entitled 3 months – 3 minutes was sent out on the results achieved by the K21 working groups. We also contributed and actively participated in the communication campaign on the changes to the Student Requirements Regulation.

Work on the collection and organisation of materials for the development of the „virtual Green Library” has been completed.

In their meetings, the library directors discussed the terms of reference, the process of settling student debts due to the changes to the Student Requirements Regulation, the restructuring of services and opening hours following the energy emergency, the evaluation of the student needs and satisfaction survey, the comments on the Staff Services Survey 2022, and the Coordination Committees’ work plan for 2023.

During the meeting, members finalised the micro-environmental analysis required for the preparation of the new strategy for the University Library Service. The macro-environmental analysis will be discussed in 2023.

We will update you on the results of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee and our new developments on our website soon.

The quota for fully open journals (258) included in EISZ agreement with Springer has been run out on the 6th of December 2022.

With the exhaustion of the quota authors will no longer have the opportunity to choose OA publication covered by the EISZ agreement.

All pending (Open) articles will be rejected by the Publisher, but the authors will definitely be informed of the reason for rejection (lack of available APCs/funds).

Requests, above the threshold, that may have been approved in the meantime are stopped by the Publisher's production team, the article is reset and returned to the authors, who may choose to pay for open access from their own budget.

A message on the Publisher's website about the EISZ agreement will inform authors of the suspension of the opportunity and the exhaustion of this year's quota.

If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to contact us.

This exhaustion does not affect the publishing opportunity in hybrid journals, where authors can continue to submit their manuscripts, and all incoming APC applications can be approved.

Due to technical reasons, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Saturday, on the 10th of December 2022. From Monday, from the 12th of December 2022, we will be open again.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and supporting cooperation.

Object of the month – The seal of the Faculty of Law, 1848

The university's coming under state supervision gave Maria Teresa the opportunity to review the issue of the coat of arms used on the university's seals and redesign them using the motifs of the Hungarian state coat of arms. In 1778, he therefore ordered the use of new seals for all organizational units of the university. These seal images, which were also used as coats of arms, were confirmed in the Diploma Inaugurale issued in 1780. The coats of arms were in force until 1948, but their inscriptions changed from time to time, for example in 1848 the faculties were named in Hungarian instead of Latin.

Excerpt from the exhibition Book, robe, science – Symbols from the history of Eötvös Loránd University.

The Foundation for the University Library supported the ELTE University Library and Archives by purchasing 5 external batteries in order to ensure that power banks are available to our readers in sufficient quantities and that our locally available service runs smoothly.

Power bank rental

Between the 5th of December 2022 and the 27th of February 2023, the archives can only be visited by Email registration. The archives will be closed between the 19th of December 2022 and the 8th of January 2023.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

The training of secondary school teachers began at our university in the second half of the 19th century. In 1862, the Commitee for Qualifying Secondary School Teachers was established. After a successful examination before the Commission, the candidate received his secondary school teacher's certificate. The records of the examinations were preserved in the period between 1864 and 1949. In our database there are currently 9236 names. The name, major, date of the exam and the notation of the exam report of the students who took the exam between 1864 and 1924 are available.  

The database avalaible: https://leveltar.elte.hu/nevtar/?p=main-tanarvizsga 

The Archives Portal Europe has been renewed. The site provides an opportunity to jointly search the documents of European archives and presents each institution in detail. Among the Hungarian archives, the ELTE University Library and Archives is also included, its records can be searched using the up-to-date Univa database.

The ELTE IT Directorate discontinued the Stunnel service with effect of November 8, 2022. Instead, the VPN service can be used by both ELTE employees and students. Anyone who does not already have one, must apply for VPN service. The IIG identifier is required to submit application. Those who do not yet have this, can apply online. It requires ELTE Neptun code for applying for an IIG ID. After requesting the VPN service, by downloading and installing a client program (FortiClient) from the IIG website, one can use ELTE's electronic resources and its subscribed digital databases with remote access.

If any problem occurs during the installation or requesting IDs, feel free to contact IT colleagues at operator@elte.hu email address.

Trial access the nkoda database and music service is available for 30 days, which ends on December 13, 2022.

The nkoda library has the full scores, complete sets of rental parts and educational materials (e.g. methods) for more than 100,000 titles, licensed from more than 130 music publishers.

Access is via shibboleth authentication. On the publisher's website, select the Login menu item in the upper right corner, then select the "sign up with an institution" menu item to login, then enter the name of the institution and use the service with your IIG ID.