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Open Access easier for Leiden Researchers with a new Open Access policy 14 December 2020Leiden University has adopted a new Open Access policy that will easily allow Leiden researchers to accomplish 100% Open Access of peer reviewed artic...
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Donation for digitisation of Leiden Hebrew manuscripts 10 December 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received considerable funding from the National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Soci...
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Digitised texts and images available via advanced IIIF-technology 07 December 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 200.000 digitised books, maps, photographs and other materials available in Digital Collectio...
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History of the Black Pete debate – a reading list 04 December 2020For years now, the debate around Black Pete in the Netherlands has been one of the most controversial topics in the public sphere. And the intensity o...
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New NWO call to support Open Science 03 December 2020NWO has set up a new Open Science Fund aiming to support researchers to develop, test and implement innovative ways of making research open, accessibl...
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Digitised Leiden Maps and Atlases collection available in Digital Collections 01 December 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made more than 20.000 maps, atlases and topographical prints and drawings available in Digital Collections. With...
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UN World Philosophy Day - a reading list 18 November 2020Today is World Philosophy Day. We asked three staff members from the Leiden Institute for Philosophy to name three of their favourite works from the L...
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American Politics and the 2020 Presidential Elections - A Reading List 29 October 2020The United States seems to be embroiled in one of the most contentious electoral battles in its history. In fact, presidential elections have become e...
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Coming-out day – A reading list 11 October 2020In the past few decades, LGBTQ+ acceptance has come a long way. Coming out, however, is still a difficult experience for many people on a personal lev...
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 08 October 2020The 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne...
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Digitized post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection now available in Digital Collections 05 October 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has digitized more than a thousand individual manuscripts and several complete archives from the post-medieval weste...
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available 16 September 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The m...
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Uncatalogued materials from the Middle East now available through Leiden University Libraries’ catalogue 20 July 2020A collection of uncatalogued books from the Middle East is now available through the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) catalogue. The collection cont...
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Reading list: Our favourites for the summer 17 July 2020The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works a...
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native Americans 16 July 2020The First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...