News and Views
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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…
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Published Date
- August 26, 2014
Favourite finds: Eric Partridge and his war of words
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
- August 21, 2014
Happy birthday Beardsley!
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Aubrey Beardsley, a favourite artist among staff here. Aubrey Beardsley was born in…
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Published Date
- August 18, 2014
New Featured Item: Estienne’s La dissection des parties du corps humain
Charles Estienne, La dissection des parties du corps humain divisee en trois livres. Paris: chez Simon de Colines, 1546. Item…
