Libraries
Libraries
Its impressive special collections, the legacies of its former professors and renowned scientists, its private libraries, its museum holdings (unique, even in world terms, original prints, as well as manuscripts, minutes, etc.), its own periodical publications (scientific journals, almanacs), its doctoral dissertations, and its non-traditional documents (e.g. sheet music, photos) are indisputable treasures of Hungarian cultural heritage: several of its collections also function as national specialized libraries.
Some of our libraries are written in dead or exotic languages, collect special sources, and their rarities are visited from all over the world. The total area of the library reading rooms, storage rooms, and study rooms is nearly 7,000 m2, where we provide specially tailored library services for those interested, appropriate for the given major.
From 2020 the departmental and institute libraries, special collections, and the Central Reading Hall - 48 separate library units in total - are organized into 7 specialized libraries and work as one cooperating organization, called the ELTE Faculty of Humanities Library.
The mission of the ELTE Faculty of Humanities Library is to support education and research at the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities, and to preserve national and universal knowledge and culture.
ELTE Faculty of Humanities Library collect, preserve, catalog, develop and make available the cultural heritage, knowledge and research results owned by the faculty. Our services are tailored to the needs of the users and are in continuous development. The Faculty Library and its units take an active part in fulfilling the community functions of libraries and consider it of utmost importance to provide students with safe spaces that inspire their studies.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES LIBRARY
From the eight buildings at the campus on Museum boulevard, currently seven of them hosts libraries.
All ELTE citizens can use ELTE's libraries free of charge after registration.
ONLINE DATABASES
In 2025, ELTE subscribed to more than 30 domestic and international databases.
Available: complete books, journals, articles, studies, dictionaries, bibliographic datas, documents, maps, pictures, and more.
The databases are available from the university or for ELTE citizens everywhere, via VPN provided from the university. It’s safety, legal and free.
CONTACTS
- website: konyvtar.btk.elte.hu
- address: H-1088 Budapest, Múzeum körút 4., 6-8.
- e-mail: konyvtar@btk.elte.hu
- facebook: facebook.com/elte.btk.kari.konyvtar
- instagram: instagram.com/elte.btk.kari.konyvtar
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF
- Head of the Faculty Library:
Szonja DÁNIEL
head of the Faculty Library (ELTE Faculty of Humanities Library)
- Heads of the specialist libraries:
Zsuzsanna KUTASI
head of a specialist library (Library of English-American and Germanic Studies)
Kornélia MAJOR
head of a specialist library (Library of East Asian and Oriental Studies)
Edit MARKÓ-MARKECHNÉ ZELEI
head of a specialist library (Library of Archaeological Sciences, Ancient and Classical Studies)
Viktória VÖLGYI
head of a specialist library (Library of Romance, Slavonic and Baltic Philology Studies)
Andrea ZÁMODICSNÉ JÓKUTI
head of a specialist library (Library of Historical, Art History, Ethnography and Folklore Studies)
MORE ELTE LIBRARIES
The ELTE University Library Service (ELTE ULS) is the name of the Eötvös Loránd University network. It contains the University Library and Archive (as the university’s main library), 9 faculty libraries and some other libraries which are not part of any group. All of them are in accordance with the law and regulations.
The library tasks at the university are realized by the member libraries of the University Library Service in cooperation with each other. In addition to the cooperation, each library operates and provides services in accordance with their unique collections and own target groups, about which detailed information can be found on the websites of each library.
