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Spouse of Japanese Prime Minister visits the Asian LibraryOn Wednesday January 9th, Ms. Akie Abe, spouse of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited the Asian Library at Leiden University. She was welcomed...
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Course reserves provide students with easy access to course literatureThis year the UBL launched a new and improved service for requesting course reserve shelves. Previously, only printed resources could be made availabl...
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Elsevier and Leiden University Libraries establish Fellowship Program for Digital ScholarshipElsevier collaborates with Leiden University Libraries’ Centre for Digital Scholarship and Scaliger Institute to enhance the study of digital collecti...
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Symposium The ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in ContextLeiden University Libraries (UBL), the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) and the Nederlands Fotogenootschap would like to invite you for ...
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Over 500 new books available thanks to youWe understand how frustrating it can be when you can’t find the book you need. That is why we’re pleased to report that over 500 requests have been pr...
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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...