News and Views
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Published Date
- November 25, 2014
Life behind the scenes and beyond …
Today’s post comes from our Library Assistant Helen, who has a special interest in books about illustration and design and…
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Published Date
- November 11, 2014
World War One: Special Collections library resources
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee 4 August 2014 marked the centenary of the day that Britain entered World…
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Published Date
- November 6, 2014
Garlands of Gold and Circles of Pearls: The Rosalind Laker Collection
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee I have recently finished cataloguing a wonderful collection of books by the historical…
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Published Date
- October 31, 2014
Happy #MusHalloween!
Happy #MusHalloween! We marked the #MusSpooks @CultureThemes day this week on 29 October. Here are a selection of spooky halloween #MusSpooks and…
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Published Date
- September 23, 2014
Samuel Beckett Week at the University of Reading
We will be holding an exhibition and series of public events to celebrate the University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the…
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Published Date
- September 2, 2014
Britain in Pictures: ‘The best sort of propaganda’
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant The Britain in Pictures series (we’ve recently integrated our MERL and…
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Published Date
- September 1, 2014
Behind the scenes: Volunteering at Special Collections
Today’s post comes from Eleanor Wale, a former volunteer for our library team as well as in MERL. Eleanor’s volunteering…
