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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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Search the library with the Leiden Search Assistant 21 February 2018Search the library quickly with a Chrome plugin.
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African Studies Centre Library participates in book delivery system 19 February 2018As of February 19th 2018 the African Studies Centre Library will participate in the book delivery system of the Leiden University Libraries. Borrowers...
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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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Leiden Panji manuscripts are digitised thanks to support from the public 05 February 2018The unique collection of Panji manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) will be digitised thanks to support from the public. A sum of 9,8...
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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...
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App the library 01 February 2018The library answers via Whatsapp.
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Exhibition Naked or Covered 04 January 2018Nudity as a form of protest, or punishment, as a celebration of freedom, as a religious rule or as a sign of innocence: the new ‘Naked or Covered’ (Du...
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This was the Leiden Asia Year 18 December 20172017 was the Leiden Asia Year. Leiden has had connections with Asia and built up extensive knowledge of the continent over many centuries. This Leiden...
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Exhibition Treasures of the Asian Library at the Erasmushuis in Jakarta 11 December 2017On December 11 the exhibition highlighting the unique collections of the Asian Library of Leiden University was opened by the Dutch Ambassador Rob Swa...
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African Studies Centre Leiden Collection accessible via Leiden University Libraries Catalogue 17 November 2017
The African Studies Centre Leiden collection (ASCL) will shortly become accessible via the Catalogue of the Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Panji tales awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO 31 October 2017
The unique collection of more than 250 ancient tales revolving around the mythical Javanese Prince Panji, which is curated by Leiden University Librar...
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Open Access in Leiden 20 October 2017All peer-reviewed publications written by researchers affiliated with Leiden University need to be available in open access by 2020. How do you start?
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Leiden to acquire Jan Wolkers’ artistic estate 18 October 2017Museum De Lakenhal and Leiden University (Leiden University Libraries) are planning to acquire the artistic estate of Jan Wolkers (1925-2007). This wo...
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Over 56,000 early printed books from Leiden University’s collection available through Google Books Library Project 02 October 2017Over 56,000 books from Leiden University’s library (UBL) have been digitised and made accessible online in the past year. All books were published in ...