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Golden book award for Voyage of Discovery at Frankfurter BuchmesseThe publication Voyage of Discovery. Exploring the collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University won the golden MGIP Book Award 2018 in the Hi...
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Virtual Research Environment contributes to academic integrity in data managementThe new Code of Conduct for Academic Integrity is effective in the Netherlands as of 1 October. The use of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) helps ...
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Successful Asia Day on IndonesiaLeiden University Libraries is looking back at an exciting Asia Day with a focus on Indonesia: interview about the Dutch colonial war in Indonesia, a ...
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Acceleration of Open AccessThe Dutch universities are pleased with the announcement by the international group of research funding bodies (Science Europe) and the Netherlands Or...
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Fish & Fiction An exhibition on the lasting fascination with fishThe new exhibition ‘Fish & Fiction’ by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) revolves around our lasting fascination with fish. The interest in the aquati...
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From coffee to Rembrandt: Surprisingly UBYes. We keep books. But the University Library offers so much more! 11 things that you might not expect from a University Library, but that you will c...
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Symposium Panji Stories in Manuscripts and PerformancePanji stories are among the most popular works of Indonesian literature, art and theatre. To celebrate the recent Unesco-recognition of this important...
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Leiden University Libraries participates in international research project Mediating Islam in the Digital AgeAn international consortium of research institutes, universities and non-academic partners in six European countries, including Leiden University, has...
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New Interface for the CatalogueOn 16 July a new interface will be launched for the Catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The design of the new interface is based on the se...
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Deal Dutch Universities and Wolters Kluwer Nederland on Open AccessWolters Kluwer and the Dutch Universities have reached an agreement about Green Open Access as part of a contract dealing with legal en fiscal literat...
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Volunteers are helping to make historical atlases of Asia digitally availableLeiden University Libraries (UBL) are launching Maps in the Crowd – Atlases, a project that welcomes participation from the public to make accessible ...
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Touching Treasures An exhibition on the materiality of text and imageBooks, manuscripts and images are of course made to be read and looked at, but they are also so much more. There is a world to discover in this new ex...
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And the winners are:With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome ...
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Collection on the Italian occupation of Libya donatedUBL recently received a donation of some five hundred books on the Italian occupation of Libya and on Arabic linguistics. UBL gratefully acknowledges ...
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National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and Leiden University Libraries sign letter of interestOn 23 April Muhammed Syarif Bando, director of the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and Kurt De Belder, University Librarian & Director ...