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New Asian Library opens its doors to visitors 30 March 2017On Thursday March 30 the Asian Library of Leiden University is opened by Rector Carel Stolker. The Asian Library is located on the roof of the Univers...
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The crowd helps to unlock historical maps of the Caribbean 20 March 2017Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has started the Maps in the Crowd project. Nearly 1,100 digitized maps of the Caribbean will be unlocked with the he...
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Ambassador Latvia visits Leiden University Library 10 March 2017On Friday, March 10th Latvian ambassador dr. Ilze Rūse visited Leiden University Library and met a Leiden delegation led by Rector Magnificus Carel St...
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New scholarly monographs in humanities and social sciences available soon in open access 23 February 2017Knowledge Unlatched makes 343 new humanities and social sciences scholarly monographs available in Open Access.
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Japanese maps on display in SieboldHuis 20 February 2017Japan museum SieboldHuis has a new showcase in its panorama room, in which maps from the Siebold-collection of Leiden University Libraries are exhibited.
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Extensive musical collection donated 15 February 2017In May 2016 ethnomusicologist Wouter Swets from The Hague passed away shortly after his 86th birthday. Wouter collected, studied and played the music...
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University Library: Reading room first floor closed from Feb 6 - 17 07 February 2017Due to construction work, the reading room at entrances 7 and 8 on the first floor of the University Library is temporarily closed.
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A Buddha in the Backyard 10 January 2017The exhibition 'A Buddha in the Backyard: Asia as a Source of Inspiration' shows how we surround ourselves with elements from Asian cultures and gives...
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Library Campus The Hague opened at location Wijnhaven 01 January 2017From January 2, 2017, the The Hague library is located in the building Wijnhaven. The library located on Schouwburgstraat is closed.
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A new website! 20 December 2016Leiden University Libraries has a new website with renewed content and a brand new design.
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Erik Kwakkel appointed Scaliger professor 19 December 2016Book historian Erik Kwakkel was appointed Scaliger professor on 13 December. The holder of this chair is affiliated both to the Scaliger Institute of ...
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Delpher in National Roadmap Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure 15 December 2016Yesterday the National Roadmap for Large-Scale Infrastructure was presented. This roadmap provides an overview of the large-scale research infrastruct...
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Personal archive of Christiaan Huygens online 25 November 2016The personal archive of Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), one of the University's top collections, is digitised and available as an online publication: ...
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Acquisition: early topographic manuscript map of southeast Sumatra 18 October 2016Thanks to the financial support of our friends foundation (Stichting Vrienden van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden) Leiden University Libraries wa...
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Invitation Maps in the Crowd - Dutch Indies 11 October 2016The successful georeferencing project Maps in the Crowd closes on Thursday, November 17th with a festive event. This meeting will be held from 3.00-5....