News and Views
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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…
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Published Date
- August 14, 2014
Almanacs, Astrology and the Origins of Weather Forecasting
This post was written by Aoife Lintin, one of the University of Reading’s UROP students. UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme) placements provide…
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Published Date
- August 14, 2014
A place for everything… and everything (hopefully!) in its place: the wonderful role of UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant
As we look to recruit a new Graduate Trainee Library Assistant (closing date 25/08/2014) here is a quick introduction to…
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Published Date
- August 6, 2014
Hidden treasures from the Matthews-Shelley Collection
The Matthews-Shelley Collection is one of our rare book collections, and was created by the Shelley scholar G.M. (Geoffrey) Matthews (1920-1984), Professor…
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Published Date
- July 31, 2014
The Arts of Peace : Two Rivers Press poetry readings at MERL
MERL and local publisher Two Rivers Press brought together twenty-one local poets (collectively known as a ‘rhyme of poets’ perhaps?!)…
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Published Date
- July 22, 2014
The making of an exhibition: Max Weber
Professor Anna Gruetzner Robins (Department of Art, University of Reading) has been instrumental in building the current exhibition at London’s…
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Published Date
- July 18, 2014
Rugby, cricket and sports – oh my!
Today marks the anniversary of the birth (1848) of WG Grace, one of the world’s great cricketers. It has been…
