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• Conservation workshop

  When making available the heritage collections for study and research extra measures are taken to minimize risks and optimize conditions for use.

• Conservation Workshop

  Our collections contain many materials that are old, fragile, light-sensitive, maltreated in the past or much used and therefore tattered. Other items may be hundreds of years old and still be in sound condition. We aim to have all collections available as much as possible, while we also preserve them…

• Collections

  The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.

• Collections

  The special collections of Leiden University Libraries offer access to worldwide known valuable, rare, and unique materials. The collections are actively complemented and made accessible for research and education.

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  Emily Strange Assistant professor

• Teaching with Special Collections

  There are several excellent options for teachers and researchers to engage students and other audiences with primary sources. Either by requesting items from the Special Collections for use during lectures or by integrating our educational resources into your lesson plans.

• Accessing Special Collections

  The Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries contain a world-renowned and vast collection of old prints, manuscripts, archives, prints, drawings and photography. Our collections are accessible to Leiden researchers and students, as well as external researchers and other interested parties.

• Cartographic Collections

  In addition to the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection, the map collections of the former library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the map collection of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the collection of Maps and Atlases includes several smaller sub…

• Special Collections

• Special Collections

  Special books, drawings, photos and other source material in the UBL collections can be found at the Special Collections department. You can’t borrow these materials, but you can request them via the catalogue and consult them in the library. Planning your first visit to the Special Collections reading…

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  Michelle Willebrands Editor

• Chinese Special Collections

  The Chinese Special Collections are part of the Asian Library. Items can be consulted at the Special Collections Reading Room.

• Southeast Asian Special Collections

  The Southeast Asian Special Collections contain text and audiovisual materials pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, religions, literatures, and (material) art of the region. The focus lies on the Malay world, in particular on the Nederlands-Indies/Indonesia. Apart from books and periodicals…

• Asian Special Collections

  The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.

• Experience the Japan collections

  Old maps, beautifully coloured drawings, early photographs, rare books, and even a genuine love letter. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) holds an important and diverse Japan collection. From January through December 2026, we will organize various public activities around the Japan collections.

• Islamic World Special Collections

  The main focus of the Islamic World Special Collections is on the Middle East and North Africa, with smaller holdings from Indonesia, the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia as far as Xinjiang, China.

• Middle Eastern Special Collections

  The Middle Eastern Special Collections form the nucleus of the entire range of Oriental heritage collections of Leiden University Libraries.

• Relocation Digital Collections

  Relocation Digital Collections

• How to use Digital Collections

  Digital Collections contains over 500,000 digitized primary sources, reference works and digital born materials held by Leiden University Libraries. In this repository you will find digital facsimiles of prints, drawings, photographs, maps and archival documents; digital facsimiles of manuscript books…

• Japanese and Korean Special Collections

  The special collections from Japan and Korea are located at the central library building at Witte Singel, where it forms a part of the Asian Library.

• Manuscript Facsimiles Collection

  The Special Collections Reading Room houses a collection of 800+ facsimiles of Western manuscripts originating mostly from Medieval Europe. They enable students to consult a 3D version very close to the original manuscripts kept worldwide, especially those with contents or from cultural traditions that…

• Internship at the Special Collections

  Would you like to work with the Special Collections during your studies?

• South Asian and Tibetan Special Collections

  The South Asian and Tibetan special collections provide material pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, art and material cultures of the region. The focus lies on Sanskrit, Tibetan, Lepcha, and Buddhism, but the collections also hold rich visual material for educational and academic purposes…

• Hebrew, Semitic and Armenian Special Collections

  The Library of Leiden University holds c. 550 manuscripts and an extensive collection of rare printed books in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, the languages of Ethiopia, South Arabic, Coptic and Armenian, as well as a collection of rare books on the Jewish World.

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  Bernardo Antunes Postdoc

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  Caitlin Black Lecturer

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  Tommy van Avermaete Subject Librarian

  Leiden University Libraries

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  Geert de Snoo Professor

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  Anagnostis Theodoropoulos PhD candidate

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  Ester Oloije
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  Mariana Braz Pires PhD candidate

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  Matana NG'Weli PhD candidate - contract

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  Martin Berger Assistant professor

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  Anouk Spelt

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  Clara Bik Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Shelly Biesel Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Kees Musters Researcher / guest

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  David Kühling Guest employee

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Olga Ceran Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Katie Hudson Data Steward/Research Support Officer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Antoinette Haverhals PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Willemijn Plomp Data Steward

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Rüya Koçer Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Thaddeus Bergé Policy officer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Simone Mulder Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Erica Hyatt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Guadalupe Cañas Herrera Postdoc

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  Alysa Eijkelenboom PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Vittorio Nespeca Postdoc

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

• Leiden University Research Data Management Community

  All University staff involved or interested in research data management are invited to join Leiden University Research Data Management Community.