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Library comes up with creative solutions 31 March 2020
UBL, Leiden University Libraries, is doing all it can to continue to offer its services. Even now the motto is, ‘work from home’. Who is doing want an...
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Fighting corona starts with sharing data responsibly 30 March 2020
Gathering and distributing patient data can make an important contribution to containing the coronavirus. But if we want to be successful, we need bet...
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections 18 December 2019
Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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A Change of Course: When Will We Realise We Are All In The Same Boat 06 November 2019
Part Three: A Change of Course
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Public Lecture ‘The Role of the Humanities in an Information Age’ by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor 18 October 2019
Leiden University Libraries invites you to the public lecture by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor. This lecture will be held on Thursday 21 ...
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Symposium on Tools Criticism 07 October 2019
The Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Leiden Centre for Digital Humanities would like to invite you to the s...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Document discovered about Rembrandt's student years in Leiden 04 June 2019
A previously unknown document about Rembrandt’s student years in Leiden has been found in the archive of Leiden University. The document, which is bei...
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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings 13 May 2019
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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Web-archiving and digital archives: Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia 26 April 2019
On May 15th, from 15.15 to 17.00 in the Vossiusroom, Leiden University Libraries will host a program on web-archiving and digital archives of Chinese ...
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Touching Treasures: The History of Photography 10 April 2019
Due to an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm for Touching Treasures: The History of Photography, another workshop will be organised on 13 May 2019, fro...
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen 25 March 2019
On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for marke...
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Leiden University researchers give open access another boost 18 March 2019
On 15 March, the Centre for Digital Scholarship at Leiden University Libraries has started the pilot ‘You share we take care’. In cooperation with Lei...
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‘De Bijzondere Band’ – An exhibition of Dutch Art Nouveau book bindings 14 March 2019
‘Huis van het Boek/Museum Meermanno in The Hague exhibits book bindings by leading Dutch Art-Nouveau artists from the period 1890-1910. The exhibition...
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Dutch Rectores Magnifici publish own work as Open Access 11 March 2019
The latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to...