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Leiden to acquire Jan Wolkers’ artistic estateMuseum De Lakenhal and Leiden University (Leiden University Libraries) are planning to acquire the artistic estate of Jan Wolkers (1925-2007). This wo...
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Over 56,000 early printed books from Leiden University’s collection available through Google Books Library ProjectOver 56,000 books from Leiden University’s library (UBL) have been digitised and made accessible online in the past year. All books were published in ...
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Unlock Prince Panji to the World!Prince Panji is the title character in the popular Panji tales from Java. These stories are, without fail, about a prince and a princess, about love a...
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Before and After Luther in LeidenOn 31 October 1517 Martin Luther attacked the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church by posting 95 theses. This bold gesture of five centuries ago launch...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires remarkable medical manuscriptsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire four remarkable medical manuscripts partly thanks to support from the Friends of Leiden Uni...
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Two exhibitions with Asian maps of the university libraryFrom mid-September two exhibitions with maps from the collections of Leiden University Libraries are on view. Mapping Asia opens in the National Museu...
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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen MáximaOn 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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Urban Jungle: Megacities in AsiaWhat is it like to live in a megacity? To have more than ten million fellow citizens? How do you get from home to work, is there enough green space ar...
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Centre for Digital Scholarship for Leiden researchersThe Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries Leiden collaborates with Leiden researchers, faculties, national and international c...
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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally availableThe La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of t...
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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans BeynonCan you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dr...
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The Leiden Special Collections Blog live!The Leiden University Libraries is proud to announce its new Leiden Special Collections Blog. Curators, guests and fellows of the Scaliger Institute w...
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Queen Máxima to open Asian LibraryQueen Máxima will open Leiden University's new Asian Library in a ceremony in the Pieterskerk on 14 September. The Library houses important collection...
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Survey E-books and user experienceE-books have become an important part of the academic resources available to both students and researchers. The University Library is home to a large...
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Closer collaboration NINO with Leiden University and the National Museum of AntiquitiesThe board of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) has agreed on June 27 on a plan for closer collaboration with Leiden University and th...