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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collectionsAfter large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once aga...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professorSenior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Digitised photos, daguerreotypes, and slides now available in Digital CollectionsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) has made 45,000 digitised daguerreotypes, autochrome plates, photo prints, albums, cameras and other objects from it...
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Want to study in the library? Reserve a study place!Leiden University students can reserve a study place at the University Library, including the Asian Library, and at the Law Library, Social and Behavi...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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NWO Fund for Open Access BooksAs of 1 June 2020, NWO will make 500,000 euros a year available for the Open Access publication of books resulting from funded projects.
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winnersWith support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome ...
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New English translation of Huizinga’s Autumntide of the Middle Ages (Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen)Leiden University Press presents a new now unabridged, richly illustrated edition of Huizinga's famous study of forms of life and thought of the fourt...
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Dutch research institutions and Elsevier initiate world’s first national Open Science partnershipVSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
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Limited access to Reading Room Special Collections for Leiden University researchersFrom Wednesday 6 May onwards, the Leiden University Library (UB) Reading Room Special Collections will provide limited access to Leiden University re...
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing t...
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Elsevier and Leiden University Libraries extend Fellowship Programme for Digital ScholarshipElsevier has extended its co-operation with Leiden University Libraries’ Centre for Digital scholarship and the Scaliger Institute for two more years ...
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Digitised manuscripts, old prints, photos and maps of Southeast Asia available in Digital CollectionsPart of the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) collections on Southeast Asia is now available in digital form for research, educational purposes and t...
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Library staff aim to maintain services and collections
The people behind the Leiden University Libraries aim to maintain the level of their services to clients as much as possible. They are making thankful...
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Library comes up with creative solutionsUBL, Leiden University Libraries, is doing all it can to continue to offer its services. Even now the motto is, ‘work from home’. Who is doing want an...