2021 – Collections – Special Collections

Special Collections Service reading room to re-open

We are happy to announce that we will be re-opening the reading room in its usual space from Tuesday 23 November 2021. This means that we will have capacity for […]

Christopher Okigbo and the politics of publication (3/3)

This is the third and final post in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the University of Reading Special Collections in the summer of 2021. […]

Biafra, the Nigerian Civil War and context in the archives (2/3)

This is the second of three posts in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the University of Reading Special Collections in the summer of 2021. […]

Finding the Biafran Civil War in the African Writers Series (1/3)

This is the first of three posts in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the University of Reading Special Collections in the summer of 2021. […]

Temporary reading room move – September 2021

Between 31 August and 24 September 2021, the reading room will be moving to the Conference Room to make way for essential maintenance work. The Conference Room is located above […]

Wizard of Oz Collection: now fully catalogued

[…]

Update: Special Collections Reading Room to extend opening hours

From 18 May 2021 we will be extending our opening hours to include Tuesdays for general access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room. Capacity will remain limited […]

Update: Reading Room to re-open to all researchers

From 14 April 2021 we will be providing access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room for all those requiring it, although capacity remains limited to enable social […]

Update: Access to collections for academic research and teaching

From 10 March we will be providing access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room for academic research and teaching only. For all other research requiring access to […]

2020 Vision: a Year in the Life of the Archive and Library Team

In 2020, The MERL and University of Reading Special Collections archive and library team faced an unprecedented situation. We closed our reading room and our access to the physical collections […]