News and Views
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Published Date
- August 7, 2015
Hiroshima at 70
In 2011, the University of Reading received a remarkable and moving gift from the University of Hiroshima in Japan: a…
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Published Date
- August 6, 2015
Behind the scenes: digitisation of East German WW2 propaganda films
Ramona Salzgeber from the Centre of Eastern German Studies is working with us at Special Collections as an intern. For research purposes…
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Published Date
- August 3, 2015
New acquisition: The Song of Songs
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian. When turning the pages of The Song of Songs, one of our recent acquisitions…
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Published Date
- July 28, 2015
In the spotlight: Robert Hooke’s Micrographia (1665)
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made…
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Published Date
- July 15, 2015
‘What does a poet need to be successful?’: Alun Lewis (1915-1944) in the spotlight
This post comes from Brian Ryder, one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is…
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Published Date
- June 26, 2015
Reading University Library & Collections Services joins RLUK
We are thrilled to announce that Reading’s University Library and Collections Services (ULCS) is now a member of RLUK (Research Libraries UK),…
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Published Date
- June 12, 2015
Yeats at 150
This Saturday 13th June is the 150th Anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats, with events taking place across…
