NAVA is the National Audiovisual Archive providing an archive for audiovisual documents collected from Hungarian national broadcasts. The collection stores audiovisual documents created by Hungarian authors and documents related to Hungary in any way. Its sources are mainly Hungarian national television and radio broadcasts. NAVA’s specialty is that it allows online access through the NAVA-points - public computer terminals -, where you can not only search in the database but also, in accordance with copyright law, view full broadcasts.
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Adapted contents made accessible by The University’s Disability Center is available in EDIT for students who are eligible for it (registered at disability coordinators).
For the visually impaired, we provide a companion, a computer with a reading program (JAWS) and headphones in the reading room, a Braille printer, as well as a MAGic large-caption keyboard, a desktop video magnifier, and an Active Star full Braille system.
You have to return the equipments to the reader’s service staff before departure. In case of a failure to do so we will charge a late fee of HUF 1,500 / day. In case of loss or damage to the equipment, you have to reimburse the purchase price of it.
The condition for renting an equipment is a valid borrower’s card.
Power Bank Rental
At the rental desk of the University Library you have the opportunity to rent an external battery (power bank) suitable for charging mobile phones and tablets for the duration of your stay in the library.
Use of library computers is free. The computers located in the training room on the ground floor can be used freely, without restrictions, if there is no teaching in the classroom. Computers can be unlocked with the username and password posted in the room.
There are several WiFi networks available in the University Library building, which are provided by the Informatics Directorate of ELTE:
Self-service scanning
You can digitalize documents in a self-service manner, due to the special book scanners. Using the scanners, up to 30 pages per minute can be scanned without the need to stretch the books on a glass plate, thus saving the spine. The software automatically straightens the pages after laser scanning. The device enables digitisation of documents up to A3 size and has a character recognition function so that scanned content can be saved not only as images but also as editable text.
Self-service printing and photocopying
By purchasing a print & copy card, you can copy and print independently from the standing terminal.
You can buy print & copy card at different values and with different discounts at the information desk (ground floor).
The terminal (in the Lobby) allows you to make monochrome (grayscale) and color copies locally.
You can study the documents belonging to a special collection only locally in the Research Room with a valid borrower’s card, after filling out a research statement.
Research statement
If a facsimile or a digital copy of the requested document is also available, the original document may be searched only with a permission.
In the reading rooms with a visitor’s card you can use for free all our printed and electronic documents of the basic collection (published after 1801) of our books placed on the stocks or on the open shelf; and a collection of periodicals containing approximately 12,000 titles. If you have a borrower’s card, you can also borrow an external battery (power bank) for charging mobile phones, tablets, and laptops from the information service staff for the duration of your stay in the library.
Special collections can only be searched with a borrower’s card and a permit, after filling in a research statement. You can find further information about using them locally here.