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Exhibition Books that made history 31 May 2022
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had...
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute Research Fellowship Winners (1st round) 19 May 2022
With support of several publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fello...
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A DIY tradition goes online: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections 18 May 2022
Close to twenty thousand pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry journals from China in the Leiden Digital...
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Online exhibition Borderlands - Ukraine in historical maps 16 May 2022
The war against Ukraine did not start in February 2022, but in the spring of 2014 when Russia suddenly annexed Crimea and supported separatist militia...
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Politics after Pim - a reading list 06 May 2022
A flamboyant politician, a divisive figure in the Dutch political landscape and a 'man of the people' who presented himself as an unconventional minis...
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Cybersecurity - A Reading List 29 March 2022
As people spend ever more time in cyberspace, so do criminals. The more reliant we become on digital technology, the more vulnerable we are to hackers...
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‘Stolpersteine’ at the University Library to commemorate Leiden war victims 28 March 2022
Two Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) have been placed in front of the University Library in memory of the Jewish Cosman family. At the time of the Sec...
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UBL acquires rare Chinese Miao album 28 March 2022
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an exceptional two-volume Miao album. The acquisition was made possible by the Rombouts Fun...
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Library consortium UKB signs new deals for access to scientific journals and open access publishing 04 March 2022
Early 2022, the UKB consortium renewed a number of 'read and publish' contracts with major publishers.
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Valentine's Day - a reading list 14 February 2022
Love. It makes people do the strangest things and at the same time it is a primary necessity of life. Over the centuries, writers and poets have fille...
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New Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship for Indonesian special collections 07 February 2022
The Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship program offers the opportunity to three scholars to spend up to three months conducting research using the Southeas...
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Leiden University Libraries elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium 28 January 2022
Leiden University Libraries has been elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium. The term of office is two years starting from January ...
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Brexit’s second anniversary - a reading list 27 January 2022
On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. New regulations, agreed upon by both parties took effect on 1 January 2021....
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Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 - Online Exhibition 18 January 2022
Starting January 18, the online exhibition Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 can be viewed via the UBL website. The exhibition i...
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Exceptional collection of maps and atlases donated to Leiden University Libraries 09 December 2021
Private collectors John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen from Dordrecht have donated their entire collection of maps, city plans and atlases to Leiden Univ...