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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans BeynonCan you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dr...
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The Leiden Special Collections Blog live!The Leiden University Libraries is proud to announce its new Leiden Special Collections Blog. Curators, guests and fellows of the Scaliger Institute w...
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Queen Máxima to open Asian LibraryQueen Máxima will open Leiden University's new Asian Library in a ceremony in the Pieterskerk on 14 September. The Library houses important collection...
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Survey E-books and user experienceE-books have become an important part of the academic resources available to both students and researchers. The University Library is home to a large...
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Closer collaboration NINO with Leiden University and the National Museum of AntiquitiesThe board of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) has agreed on June 27 on a plan for closer collaboration with Leiden University and th...
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Russian Embassy presents the Illustrated Chronicles of Ivan the TerribleOn 21st June 2017, Yury Uraksin, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands, presented the Illustrated Chronicles of Ivan the Terribl...
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Archiving email of leading scholarsOne of the tasks of Leiden University Libraries is to manage academic heritage, including letters and scholarly archives of leading researchers. Much ...
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Historian Peter Frankopan Visiting Scaliger professorHistorian Peter Frankopan has been appointed Visiting Scaliger professor at Leiden University for 2017. The holder of this chair is affiliated both to...
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Record number of applications for fellowships at Scaliger InstituteThis year the Scaliger Institute received a record number of applications from domestic and foreign submitters for a fellowship to consult and researc...
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1200 North Korean posters in one databaseKorea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for resear...
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100% Open Access agreement with Cambridge University PressThe universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement guaranteeing 100% open access ...
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No agreement between VSNU and Oxford University PressThe universities in the Netherlands and Oxford University Press (OUP) have been unable to able to reach a new agreement for access to academic journals.
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Open Up: How to publish Open Access
Publish Open Acces in high quality journals.
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Photo book sketches by Ed van der Elsken acquired by University LibraryLeiden University has acquired previously unknown dummy material by Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990). These are sketch versions of the...