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Leiden University Libraries elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium 28 January 2022Leiden University Libraries has been elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium. The term of office is two years starting from January ...
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Brexit’s second anniversary - a reading list 27 January 2022On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. New regulations, agreed upon by both parties took effect on 1 January 2021....
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Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 - Online Exhibition 18 January 2022Starting January 18, the online exhibition Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 can be viewed via the UBL website. The exhibition i...
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Exceptional collection of maps and atlases donated to Leiden University Libraries 09 December 2021Private collectors John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen from Dordrecht have donated their entire collection of maps, city plans and atlases to Leiden Univ...
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Online Book Salon Elizabeth Stuart – with Nadine Akkerman 02 December 2021On Thursday 2 December, Nadine Akkerman, Reader in early modern English literature will be a guest in the online book salon of Leiden University Libra...
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UBL signs Digital Heritage Network Manifesto 26 November 2021Leiden University Libraries (UBL) signed the manifesto of the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE) this November, during Digital Heritage Month, there...
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne 25 November 2021In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants 22 November 2021The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2022. ...
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project 19 November 2021Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundre...
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Donation of early twentieth-century glass negatives and prints from the Arabian Peninsula 11 November 2021On Thursday 11 November, Jan Jaap Hooft and Marjon Hooft donated a special collection of glass negatives and photographic prints from the Arabian Peni...
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Climate fiction – the reading list 10 November 2021From rapidly rising global temperatures to the increasing frequency of catastrophic weather events, every year the effects of the climate crisis becom...
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Walaeus Library part of UBL 01 November 2021Starting 1 November, the Walaeus Library, located in the Leiden University Medical Centre, is part of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Now available: a practical guide to preprints 29 October 2021A useful hands-on guide to preprints is now available for researchers. It provides anwers to some urgent questions. What are preprints? What are the ...
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New in the collections: correspondence of Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska 21 October 2021Slavicist, translator and publisher Pim van Sambeek recently donated his correspondence with Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska to Leiden Universit...
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah - a reading list 08 October 2021The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Swedish Academy praises Gurnah's "uncompromising and co...