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Your opinion of the library counts!What do you think of our libraries, the (digital) collections, services and the library staff? The Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to know!
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Piloting FAIR metadata with iRODS and YODA at Leiden UniversityThe FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles are a framework for researchers to make their scholarly output ready for use an...
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75% of Leiden University publications now Open Access availableResearchers of Leiden University (excl. LUMC) are collectively using the Leiden Repository to make their publications Open Access available. They have...
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Public Lecture ‘The Role of the Humanities in an Information Age’ by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger ProfessorLeiden University Libraries invites you to the public lecture by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor. This lecture will be held on Thursday 21 ...
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Donation Oral History Archive by Chinese Indonesian Heritage CenterThe Chinese Indonesian Heritage Center (CIHC) has donated the Oral History Archive to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). CIHC chair Dr Patricia Tjiook...
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Symposium on Tools CriticismThe Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Leiden Centre for Digital Humanities would like to invite you to the s...
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Exhibition Photography Becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937In collaboration with the Fotomuseum Den Haag, Leiden University Libraries organizes the exhibition Photography becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holla...
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Renovated Social Sciences Library officially openWith a resolute gong beat by Kurt de Belder, University Librarian and Director of University Libraries, the completely refurbished and updated Social ...
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Freshly ground coffee and free digital newspapersYes. We keep books. But the University Library offers so much more! 11 things that you might not expect from a University Library, but that you will c...
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Winners of Fellowship for Digital Scholarship sponsored by ElsevierLeiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute are glad to welcome the first two Fellows for Digital Scholarship in fall 2019. The Fello...
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Get Started!During the first few weeks of the academic year, Leiden University Libraries extends a warm welcome to new students in the library. In the Get Started...
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Special objects for special guestsThe top Asian pieces from the University’s Special Collections were on display at special popup exhibitions for ICAS11 delegates on 17 and 18 July. An...
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ICAS Book Prize awarded at opening ceremony of the Asian Studies conference in Leiden.The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) is one of the most prestigious book awards in the field of Asian Studies. The prizes were awarded in the Hooglandse Kerk in ...
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Leiden University Libraries welcomes 2,200 Asia specialists during ICASThe International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) will be held in Leiden from 16 to 19 July. A number of panel sessions will be organised during th...
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Over 55,000 Pages of Medieval Manuscripts now available onlineThe Greek manuscripts and mixed Greek and Latin manuscripts collected by Isaac Vossius (1618-1689) are digitised and now available as an online public...