News and Views
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Published Date
- April 12, 2016
New exhibition: Ex libris – marks of ownership in rare books from the University of Reading Special Collections
Rare books often contain a variety of features which make them important and interesting historical artifacts beyond their texts. Marks…
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Published Date
- March 25, 2016
Cliveden House Exhibition
At the end of February, staff from Special Collections were joined by students of the history department at Cliveden House…
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Published Date
- March 24, 2016
Travel Thursday – A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian ‘A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697’ was written by…
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Published Date
- March 23, 2016
College Song No. 1, “The Song of the Shield”
Written by Guy Baxter, Archivist Since the University celebrated the 90thanniversary of the granting of its Royal Charter last Thursday, many…
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Published Date
- March 21, 2016
A relic of an 18th century poet to mark World Poetry Day
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian Tucked away in one of our archive boxes is an envelope which contains a…
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Published Date
- March 19, 2016
An A-Z of the University’s Museums and Collections
Earlier this month the University of Reading’s Museums and Collections collaborated on an exciting project for @52Museums on Instagram. The…
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Published Date
- March 18, 2016
Reading Readers – Adam McKie
Adam McKie, MA Research Student at Royal Holloway, University of London, tells us about his research into employee sporting activities in the…
