News and Views
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Published Date
- October 23, 2015
Behind the scenes: getting to know readers old and new
Hello, my name is Erika Delbecque and like Louise, I am new to UMASCS. I am, however, not new to…
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Published Date
- October 21, 2015
Behind the Scenes: A Tour of Treasures!
Hello! My name is Louise Cowan and I’m a new member of staff here at UMASCS. Although my official role…
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Published Date
- August 21, 2015
From Devon to Derbyshire, the Shell Guides to Great Britain
This blog post first appeared earlier this week on Our Country Lives: the new MERL blog. The Shell Guides we already hold…
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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…
