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Manuscripts of Huygens at Hofwijck
During the exhibition ‘Christiaan gazes!’ at Huygens' Hofwijck from 7 April to 30 October 2016, some original manuscripts of Christiaan Huygens (1629...
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Exhibition W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp en de Nieuwe Kunst rond 1900
The exhibition W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp en de Nieuwe Kunst rond 1900 will be on display in Leiden University Libraries in the period 21 January-17 May 2016.
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Agreement with Elsevier on Open Access Journal ListWe are very pleased to announce that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) and publisher Elsevier have reached an agreement on the journal list that will aim ...
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Leiden University Libraries joins the International Image Interoperability Framework ConsortiumA growing community of the world’s leading research libraries and image repositories have embarked on an effort to collaboratively produce an interope...
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University Library open on Good FridayThe University Library is open as usual on Good Friday and on Saturday 26 March. The University Library is closed on both Easter days. The Law Library...
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Scholarly monographs humanities and social sciences available in open accessLeiden University Libraries and Leiden University Press are proud to participate in the successful international endeavor to make humanities and socia...
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Leiden University Libraries starts project to make Oriental manuscripts accessible through its online catalogueLeiden University Libraries is internationally renowned for, among others, its rich Middle Eastern & Asian Special Collections. Since the famous beque...
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The crowd helps to unlock historical maps of Dutch East IndiesLeiden University Libraries (UBL) has started the project Maps in the Crowd. Nearly 7,000 digitized maps of the Dutch East Indies will be unlocked wit...
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Wiley agreement is a considerable step towards high quality Open AccessWe are very pleased to announce the agreement between the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. on unlim...
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Donation by Minerva alumni enables the acquisition of Woodbury glass positives for the Asian Library
On Wednesday 28 January Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and University Librarian Kurt De Belder received a donation for the Asian Library from Jan Kal...
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Publish Open Access free of charge: Open Library of HumanitiesLeiden University Libraries (UBL) is now a supporting institution of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). The Open Library of Humanities is an academ...
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Leiden law alumni grant rare law disputationsOn January 13, Prof. mr. Rick Lawson, dean of the Faculty of Law, handed over to Prof. mr. Carel Stolker, Rector of Leiden University, a binding with ...
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Fast remote access with 'UBL Get It'
Create a UBL Get It bookmark in your browser to quickly get off-campus access to a digital article, e-book or other source that you've found without u...
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X-ray technique reveals hidden medieval pages
Researchers from Leiden and Delft have found a way to look inside early-modern bookbindings. An x-ray technique has allowed them to search for remains...
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IIAS and The Asian Library join forces for ICAS Book Prize
A new boost for Asian studies thanks to cooperation between the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and Leiden University Libraries on th...