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Leiden University Libraries Signs AI Agreement with International Heritage and Knowledge Institutions
On December 3rd, AI4LAM (Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums) was launched in London. Leiden University Libraries (UBL)is a founding member, along with more than 40 leading international heritage and knowledge institutions. Together with our partners in AI4LAM, UBL aims to promote…
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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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Huge interest from prospective students (and their parents) on Bachelor’s Open Day
Presentations, city tours, themed cafés and information fairs − there was plenty to discover on the Bachelor’s Open Day last Saturday. Around 6,000 prospective students and 4,000 parents visited faculties in Leiden and The Hague to soak up the atmosphere and imagine how it would be to study at Leiden…
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible Research
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibility in research. The seminars aimed to identify best practices that can help to overcome central challenges around reproducibility, and to convey several…
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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will it be like to study in 2075? Uni-visionaries help shape the university’s future
LEGO creations, a clothesline of visions and a journey into the past and the future: just some of the highlights of Uni-vision day, where creatives developed their vision of the future of study.
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Safety at the university: always take your LU-Card with you to work or lectures
We are living in turbulent times. Various conflicts in other parts of the world at times give rise to feelings of anxiety, unrest and anger in our country too. We also see this happening in our academic community.
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Leiden University Libraries acquires major 19th-century photography collection on South East Asia
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently acquired a major collection of 19th-century photographs on South East Asia. The collection comprises more than 3,700 photographs of the Netherlands East Indies and mainland South East Asia, including Singapore, Myanmar, Penang and Malacca. The photographs are…
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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Library
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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director Marrik Bellen talks about the turbulent times for this Leiden institute and its staff. And can we learn anything from the Indonesian approach?
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The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from UBL
Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.
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A DIY tradition goes online: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Close to twenty thousand pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry journals from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced “outside the system,” these journals are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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University couple marries ‘in front of all of Leiden’ on 3 October
They have known each other since they were small but Rianne and Tom first fell in love when working together at the university. That love culminated in a fairytale wedding amid all the revelry last 3 October.
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May
Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard to restore the power to the buildings in phases and this was successful. Students and staff can work and study there again.
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Donation of early twentieth-century glass negatives and prints from the Arabian Peninsula
On Thursday 11 November, Jan Jaap Hooft and Marjon Hooft donated a special collection of glass negatives and photographic prints from the Arabian Peninsula to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection is part of the estate of their grandfather Jan Albert Hooft (1883-1972). Hooft held a position…
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Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market
3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…
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Jonathan LondonFaculty of Humanities
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Annelou van GijnFaculty of Archaeology
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Hermen OverkleeftFaculty of Science
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien RieffeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Publications
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) works together with authors and publishers regularly and supports publication of books about the collections. Publications can be obtained from bookshops or publishers. You can also order publications via email (plaatsing@library.leidenuniv.nl). Please give the following…
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
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3 October University 2024
Festival
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Remote access
Leiden University students, staff and (dual) PhDs can use the libraries' databases, e-books and e-journals both on-campus and off-campus.
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Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Summer School
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Bibliotheca Thysiana Fellowship
The Bibliotheca Thysiana Fellowship keeps alive the memory of the young lawyer and book collector and bibliophile Joannes Thysius (1622-1653).
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Sophie van RijnSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Herman SpainkFaculty of Science
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Arthur RamFaculty of Science
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Demystifying research data interoperability: A joint Leiden / Delft workshop
Workshop