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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...
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Open Access Week 2018: universities are making strides towards 100% Open Access 22 October 2018Open Access will be on the international agenda from 22 to 28 October 2018. Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven s...
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Symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts 18 October 2018Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to invite you for the symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts on Friday 16 Novem...
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Successful Asia Day on Indonesia 17 September 2018Leiden University Libraries is looking back at an exciting Asia Day with a focus on Indonesia: interview about the Dutch colonial war in Indonesia, a ...
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Acceleration of Open Access 04 September 2018
The Dutch universities are pleased with the announcement by the international group of research funding bodies (Science Europe) and the Netherlands Or...
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From coffee to Rembrandt: Surprisingly UB 31 August 2018Yes. We keep books. But the University Library offers so much more! 11 things that you might not expect from a University Library, but that you will c...