News and Views
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Published Date
- June 9, 2016
Travel Thursday: John Todhunter Journal
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian John Todhunter (1839-1916) is best known as a poet and literary critic, but…
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Published Date
- June 4, 2016
Archive Animals – Cats
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Our Special Collections Library and Archive is full of interesting creatures, big and…
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Published Date
- May 31, 2016
Cataloguing Cole: Fishes, Photographs and the Forces
Written by Sharon Maxwell, Archivist (Cataloguing & Projects) I have recently been cataloguing the personal papers of Professor Francis J…
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Published Date
- May 26, 2016
Travel Thursday – Great Western Railway
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The Great Western Railway (GWR) was founded in 1833 and received an enabling…
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Published Date
- May 16, 2016
Archive or Objects: Cataloguing Ladybird Artwork
Written by Clare Plascow, Collections Officer How do you catalogue an artwork? That is the question I’ve been trying to…
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Published Date
- April 29, 2016
William Wordsworth: A letter to Longman, 1820
Written by Adam Lines, Reading Room Supervisor. Before I started working at the University of Reading Special Collections, I spent…
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Published Date
- April 28, 2016
Travel Thursday: Captain Cook and H.M.S Endeavour
Written By Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian This month sees the anniversary of the first European ship landing in Eastern…
