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Open Science stimulus: Call 'Citizen Science voor Gezondheid en Zorg' 11 February 2021On 11th February 2021 ZonMw and Health~Holland jointly launched the call 'Citizen Science voor Gezondheid en Zorg (CS4GZ)'.
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Populism: democracy under pressure – a reading list 03 February 2021The storming of the United States Capitol in January 2021 showed people disrupting democratic procedure in the name of ‘real democracy’. Both elected ...
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Old printed works and special editions in Digital Collections 01 February 2021Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 2300 old printed books and special editions available online through Digital Collections. Wit...
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Leiden publications now available in improved Scholarly Publications Repository 25 January 2021From now on publications of Leiden researchers can be found in the fully renewed Leiden University Scholarly Publications Repository. This newest vers...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship 22 January 2021Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Experience the university and student life in the Leiden Special Collections 21 January 2021With the thematic programme 'Student@University', Leiden University Libraries illuminates the rich past of the university and its students. Several on...
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Limited access to the Reading Room Special Collections 17 December 2020From Monday 21 December onwards, the Reading Room Special Collections will be accessible only to Leiden University researchers and students relying on...
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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...