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Did Rembrandt paint Leiden Professor van Schooten?Leiden Professor of Maths Frans van Schooten Jnr. (1615-1660) and his wife Margrieta were painted by Rembrandt. This is the claim made by mathematicia...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires major 19th-century photography collection on South East AsiaLeiden University Libraries (UBL) recently acquired a major collection of 19th-century photographs on South East Asia. The collection comprises more t...
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Open Access Week 2018: universities are making strides towards 100% Open AccessOpen Access will be on the international agenda from 22 to 28 October 2018. Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven s...
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Symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifactsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to invite you for the symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts on Friday 16 Novem...
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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 ...