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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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Fish & Fiction An exhibition on the lasting fascination with fish 04 September 2018The 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 UB 31 August 2018Yes. 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...
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Symposium Panji Stories in Manuscripts and Performance 24 August 2018Panji stories are among the most popular works of Indonesian literature, art and theatre. To celebrate the recent Unesco-recognition of this important...
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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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Symposium Panji stories in manuscripts and performance 09 July 2018
Panji stories are among the most popular works of Indonesian literature, art and theatre. To celebrate the recent Unesco-recognition of this important...
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New Interface for the Catalogue 09 July 2018On 16 July a new interface will be launched for the Catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The design of the new interface is based on the se...
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Volunteers are helping to make historical atlases of Asia digitally available 21 June 2018Leiden University Libraries (UBL) are launching Maps in the Crowd – Atlases, a project that welcomes participation from the public to make accessible ...
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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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National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and Leiden University Libraries sign letter of interest 23 April 2018On 23 April Muhammed Syarif Bando, director of the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and Kurt De Belder, University Librarian & Director ...
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Council of State donates Netherlands Indies law collection to University of Leiden 20 April 2018The ‘Netherlands Indies Collection’ of the Library of the Council of State was officially transferred to Leiden University on Friday 20 April. Rector ...
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Beyond Content: Experience objects from the special collections 17 April 2018Leiden University Libraries has started the programme ‘Beyond Content’ in which attention will be devoted to the materiality of text and image. Throug...
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LUC The Hague: Teacher's Library 16 April 2018
We are happy to introduce LUC’s very own Teachers’ Library. Last year, we asked staff for book titles that inspire you as a teacher in the Liberal Art...