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Leiden researchers make their publications more findable via ORCID 25 March 2019In 2018, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has worked on a project in which all researchers affiliated with Leiden University were encouraged to creat...
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Leiden University researchers give open access another boost 18 March 2019On 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 2019The latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to...
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Large expansion of contemporary Moroccan collections 01 March 2019The Netherlands Institute in Marocco (NIMAR) has recently added more than 1000 titles to the Leiden University Library (UBL) collection at our locatio...
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Already hundred course reserves requested 12 February 2019Since the UBL introduced a new and improved service for requesting course reserves last summer, many lecturers have used the new service. Today, the U...
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How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575 04 February 2019Lifelike gods, provisional professors and the city militia with weapons a clanking. Leiden put on a colourful procession and drummed up hundreds of ci...
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Dutch universities give Open Access another boost 31 January 2019The Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications availa...
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Interlibrary Loan renewed 21 January 2019Do you use our Interlibrary Loan Service to obtain books, chapters and/or articles from another library? From 28 January we will be moving on to a new...
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Minerva’s Metamorphoses An exhibition celebrating 444 Years of Leiden University 18 January 2019The exhibition Minerva’s Metamorphoses organized by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) celebrates the University’s fascinating history. The 444th anniv...
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Open Access agreement with Oxford University Press starts in 2019 11 January 2019As of this year, Leiden researchers form both University and LUMC may profit from the open access agreement that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) conclud...
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Elsevier and Leiden University Libraries establish Fellowship Program for Digital Scholarship 13 December 2018Elsevier collaborates with Leiden University Libraries’ Centre for Digital Scholarship and Scaliger Institute to enhance the study of digital collecti...
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Symposium The ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context 21 November 2018Leiden University Libraries (UBL), the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) and the Nederlands Fotogenootschap would like to invite you for ...
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Did Rembrandt paint Leiden Professor van Schooten? 06 November 2018Leiden Professor of Maths Frans van Schooten Jnr. (1615-1660) and his wife Margrieta were painted by Rembrandt. This is the claim made by mathematicia...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires major 19th-century photography collection on South East Asia 22 October 2018Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently acquired a major collection of 19th-century photographs on South East Asia. The collection comprises more t...