On Friday, March 10th Latvian ambassador dr. Ilze Rūse visited Leiden University Library and met a Leiden delegation led by Rector Magnificus Carel St...
Knowledge Unlatched makes 343 new humanities and social sciences scholarly monographs available in Open Access.
Japan museum SieboldHuis has a new showcase in its panorama room, in which maps from the Siebold-collection of Leiden University Libraries are exhibited.
In May 2016 ethnomusicologist Wouter Swets from The Hague passed away shortly after his 86th birthday. Wouter collected, studied and played the music...
The exhibition 'A Buddha in the Backyard: Asia as a Source of Inspiration' shows how we surround ourselves with elements from Asian cultures and gives...
From January 2, 2017, the The Hague library is located in the building Wijnhaven. The library located on Schouwburgstraat is closed.
Leiden University Libraries has a new website with renewed content and a brand new design.
Book historian Erik Kwakkel was appointed Scaliger professor on 13 December. The holder of this chair is affiliated both to the Scaliger Institute of ...
Yesterday the National Roadmap for Large-Scale Infrastructure was presented. This roadmap provides an overview of the large-scale research infrastruct...
The personal archive of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), one of the University's top collections, is digitised and available as an online publication: ...
Thanks to the financial support of our friends foundation (Stichting Vrienden van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden) Leiden University Libraries wa...
The successful georeferencing project Maps in the Crowd closes on Thursday, November 17th with a festive event. This meeting will be held from 3.00-5....
Leiden University Libraries revives Imperial Prague in Leiden with the exhibition Prague around 1600: Art and science at the court of Rudolf II. The e...
The UBL and the Friends of the Kern Institute (VVIK) signed a loan agreement for the collection of South Asia, especially India, and Tibet.
We celebrate Leids Ontzet, the Relief of Leiden, on Monday 3 October. This means that all University buildings in Leiden will be closed. The Universit...
