News and Views
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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…
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Published Date
- March 17, 2016
An interview with Nitisha, Archives Assistant
One of our volunteers,Whitney, has been interviewing MERL & Special Collections staff about their roles. Today she talks to Nitisha,…
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Published Date
- March 17, 2016
Johannes Kepler – Astronomiae Pars Optica
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The theme of this year’s Science Week taking place from 11-20 March is ‘Science…
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Published Date
- March 15, 2016
From the cradle of printing to binder’s waste: incunable leaves in the John Lewis collection
Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCS Librarian Earlier this year, we shared some exciting early printing finds from the John Lewis Printing…
