Support and expertise

As collections, information and heritage professionals, the staff of the University Museums and Special Collections Services are uniquely placed at the intersection of research and collections management. Please contact us to discuss how we can support your research.

Alongside our expertise in practice based research, we are increasingly drawing on digital expertise to enable new, exciting research and interdisciplinary projects. The University’s Digital Humanities Hub is a collaborative in-house project to create a sustainable base for Digital Humanities that will enhance the quality of research at Reading and promote innovation through digital tools, methodologies, and engagement with developments in Digital Humanities as a field.

Read more about how we support digital scholarship by providing collections based expertise, access to collections and engagement channels, acting as a repository and as a partner in research in to collections based practice.