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Symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts 18 October 2018Leiden 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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Successful Asia Day on Indonesia 17 September 2018Leiden 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 Access 04 September 2018
The 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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Leiden University Libraries participates in international research project Mediating Islam in the Digital Age 16 July 2018An international consortium of research institutes, universities and non-academic partners in six European countries, including Leiden University, has...
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Deal Dutch Universities and Wolters Kluwer Nederland on Open Access 25 June 2018Wolters 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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Touching Treasures An exhibition on the materiality of text and image 05 June 2018Books, 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: 15 May 2018With 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 donated 01 May 2018UBL 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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16th-century herbarium research 13 March 2018In March 2018 with the support of the Van de Sande Foundation Dr. Abdolbaset Ghorbani Dahaneh (Uppsala University) will research the sixteenth-century...
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Exam stress? Extended opening hours study areas 09 March 2018Various University locations have extended their opening hours during the upcoming exam period to give you more chance to study. The cafés have also e...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students 06 March 2018A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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Sarah de Rijcke appointed as professor of Science and Evaluation Studies 13 February 2018As of February 1st, 2018, Sarah de Rijcke has been appointed as Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, especially Science and Evalua...
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Team UBLeiden wins audience award Hackathon Linked Open Data 12 February 2018Last weekend, Team UBLeiden won the audience award after a 24 hours Hackathon with Linked Open Data (HackaLOD)! The team volunteered to be locked up w...
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom 08 February 2018‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis...
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Opening of the 'Bob Wessels Collection' 01 February 2018Friday 26 January 2018 saw the festive opening of the Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection. This Collection is a most valuable addition to the presen...