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Team with staff from Leiden wins important open science prize11 February 2021A team including staff from Leiden University won the Open Initiative Trophy on 11 February, a prize for the best open science initiative in the Nethe...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship22 January 2021Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Mouse & Manuscript: a Collection of Interactive Lessons on Codicology and Oriental Manuscripts18 December 2020This week sees the first edition of the textbook Mouse&Manuscript published online. Mouse&Manuscript is a collection of interactive lessons on codicol...
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Library Ton Koopman arrived at Orpheus Instituut Koetshuis07 September 2020At the beginning of July the prestigious library of Ton Koopman, acquired earlier this year, arrived at the Orpheus Instituut Koetshuis. Thousands of ...
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native Americans16 July 2020The First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor30 June 2020Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’04 June 2020The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’28 April 2020Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing t...
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Library staff aim to maintain services and collections07 April 2020
The people behind the Leiden University Libraries aim to maintain the level of their services to clients as much as possible. They are making thankful...
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Library comes up with creative solutions31 March 2020UBL, 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 responsibly30 March 2020Gathering 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 Collections18 December 2019Special 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 Boat06 November 2019Part 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 Professor18 October 2019Leiden 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 Criticism07 October 2019The Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Leiden Centre for Digital Humanities would like to invite you to the s...