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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings 13 May 2019
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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Web-archiving and digital archives: Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia 26 April 2019
On May 15th, from 15.15 to 17.00 in the Vossiusroom, Leiden University Libraries will host a program on web-archiving and digital archives of Chinese ...
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Touching Treasures: The History of Photography 10 April 2019
Due to an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm for Touching Treasures: The History of Photography, another workshop will be organised on 13 May 2019, fro...
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen 25 March 2019
On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for marke...
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Leiden researchers make their publications more findable via ORCID 25 March 2019
In 2018, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has worked on a project in which all researchers affiliated with Leiden University were encouraged to creat...
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Leiden University researchers give open access another boost 18 March 2019
On 15 March, the Centre for Digital Scholarship at Leiden University Libraries has started the pilot ‘You share we take care’. In cooperation with Lei...
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‘De Bijzondere Band’ – An exhibition of Dutch Art Nouveau book bindings 14 March 2019
‘Huis van het Boek/Museum Meermanno in The Hague exhibits book bindings by leading Dutch Art-Nouveau artists from the period 1890-1910. The exhibition...
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Dutch Rectores Magnifici publish own work as Open Access 11 March 2019
The latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to...
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Large expansion of contemporary Moroccan collections 01 March 2019
The Netherlands Institute in Marocco (NIMAR) has recently added more than 1000 titles to the Leiden University Library (UBL) collection at our locatio...
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Already hundred course reserves requested 12 February 2019
Since the UBL introduced a new and improved service for requesting course reserves last summer, many lecturers have used the new service. Today, the U...
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How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575 04 February 2019
Lifelike gods, provisional professors and the city militia with weapons a clanking. Leiden put on a colourful procession and drummed up hundreds of ci...
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Dutch universities give Open Access another boost 31 January 2019
The Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications availa...
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Interlibrary Loan renewed 21 January 2019
Do you use our Interlibrary Loan Service to obtain books, chapters and/or articles from another library? From 28 January we will be moving on to a new...
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Minerva’s Metamorphoses An exhibition celebrating 444 Years of Leiden University 18 January 2019
The exhibition Minerva’s Metamorphoses organized by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) celebrates the University’s fascinating history. The 444th anniv...
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Open Access agreement with Oxford University Press starts in 2019 11 January 2019
As of this year, Leiden researchers form both University and LUMC may profit from the open access agreement that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) conclud...