Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee 4 August 2014 marked the centenary of the day that Britain entered World War One. Â Fighting continued until 11 November 1918 and is […]
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee I have recently finished cataloguing a wonderful collection of books by the historical novelist Rosalind Laker (1921-2012). Her book collection can be searched […]
Happy #MusHalloween!  We marked the #MusSpooks @CultureThemes day this week on 29 October.  Here are a selection of spooky halloween #MusSpooks and #MusHalloween themed images from our collections! Happy #MusHalloween!
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant The Britain in Pictures series (weâve recently integrated our MERL and Printing Collection holdings into one collection) is a fascinating insight […]
This post was written by Aoife Lintin, one of the University of Readingâs UROP students. UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme) placements provide exciting opportunities for undergraduates to work with staff on research […]
The Matthews-Shelley Collection is one of our rare book collections, and was created by the Shelley scholar G.M. (Geoffrey) Matthews (1920-1984), Professor of English at the University of Reading. The collection contains […]
MERL and local publisher Two Rivers Press brought together twenty-one local poets (collectively known as a ârhyme of poetsâ perhaps?!) on the evening of Monday 28 July to launch the […]
Today marks the anniversary of the birth (1848) of WG Grace, one of the worldâs great cricketers. It has been a good month (or two months!) for English sport. 1 […]
It has been brought to our attention that this is National Hedgehog Awareness Week â and as weâre attached to the Museum of English Rural Life, itâs not really something […]
The Overstone Library was what we like to call the âfoundation collectionâ of the University Library. With nearly 8,000 printed volumes, mostly in the humanities and social sciences, it provides […]