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Interlibrary Loan renewed 21 January 2019Do you use our Interlibrary Loan Service to obtain books, chapters and/or articles from another library? From 28 January we will be moving on to a new...
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Minerva’s Metamorphoses An exhibition celebrating 444 Years of Leiden University 18 January 2019The exhibition Minerva’s Metamorphoses organized by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) celebrates the University’s fascinating history. The 444th anniv...
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Open Access agreement with Oxford University Press starts in 2019 11 January 2019As of this year, Leiden researchers form both University and LUMC may profit from the open access agreement that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) conclud...
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Spouse of Japanese Prime Minister visits the Asian Library 10 January 2019On 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 literature 17 December 2018This 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 Scholarship 13 December 2018Elsevier 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 Context 21 November 2018Leiden 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 you 19 November 2018We 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? 06 November 2018Leiden 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 Asia 22 October 2018Leiden 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 Access 22 October 2018Open 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 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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Golden book award for Voyage of Discovery at Frankfurter Buchmesse 12 October 2018The 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 management 09 October 2018The 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 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 ...